Divine Mercy / Low Sunday — A Message From St. John Chrysostom
The Doubting Thomas,Carl Heinrich Bloch, 19th c. Translation of the Gospel According to John (20:19-31) At that time, when it was late that same day, the first of the week, and the doors were shut, where the disciples were gathered together for fear of the Jews, Jesus came, and stood in the midst and said to them: Peace be to you. And when He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. [...]
Easter Sunday — Homily by Fr. Ermatinger
Women at the Tomb Christ,Albert Baur, 1882 Continuation of the Epistle for Easter Sunday (1 Corinthians 5:7-8) Brethren, purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new dough, as you really are without leaven. For Christ, our passover, has been sacrificed. Therefore, let us keep festival, not with the old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. Translation of the Holy Gospel [...]
Easter Sunday — A Message from St. John Paul II
The Resurrection,Master of the Osservanza, 1440 Translation of the Gospel According to Mark (16:1-7) At that time, Mary Magdalen, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought sweet spices, that coming they might anoint Jesus. And very early in the morning, the first day of the week, they came to the sepulcher, the sun being now risen. And they said one to another: Who shall roll us back the stone from the door of [...]
Palm Sunday (6th Sunday in Lent) — The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ
The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ According to Matthew Where C. =Cronicler J. = Jesus and S. = the Rest C. Then Jesus came with them into a country place which is called Gethsemani; and He said to His disciples: J. Sit you here, till I go yonder and pray. Garden of Gethsemane (Fresco),San Jerónimo el Real, 18th c. C. And taking with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, He began to [...]
Passion Sunday — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Christ, the One Who Offers and is Offered Icon, Byzantine, Modern Translation of the Epistle for Passion Sunday (Hebrews 9:11-15) Brethren: Christ being come, a High Priest of the good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is, not of this creation, neither by the blood of goats or of calves, but by His own blood, entered once into the Holies, having obtained eternal redemption. For if [...]