Seventh Sunday After Pentecost — A Message from St. Cyril of Jerusalem
Sermon and Deeds of the Antichrist, Luca Signorelli, between 1499 and 1502 Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Matthew At that time Jesus said to His disciples: Beware of false prophets, who come to you in the clothing of sheep, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. By their fruits you shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit, and the [...]
Feast of St. Veronica Giuliani and 6th Sunday After Pentecost — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Mark The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes (work-study), Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, c. 1667–1682 At that time, when there was a great multitude with Jesus, and they had nothing to eat, calling His disciples together, He saith to them: I have compassion on the multitude, for behold they have now been with Me three days, and have nothing to eat and if I shall send them away fasting [...]
Sixth Sunday After Pentecost — A Message From St. Augustine
Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Mark Miracle of the Bread and Fish, Giovanni Lanfranco, btw. 1620-1623 At that time, when there was a great multitude with Jesus, and they had nothing to eat, calling His disciples together, He saith to them: I have compassion on the multitude, for behold they have now been with Me three days, and have nothing to eat and if I shall send them away fasting to their home, [...]
Fifth Sunday After Pentecost — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine (detail), Barna da Siena, ca. 1340 Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Matthew At that time Jesus said to His disciples: Except your justice abound more than that of the Scribes and Pharisees, you shall not enter into the kingdom of Heaven. You have heard that it was said to them of old: Thou shalt not kill and whosoever shall kill, shall be in danger of the judgment. [...]
External Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles — A Message From Saint Pope Leo the Great
Christ's Charge to Peter, Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1616 Translation of the Holy Gospel According to John At that time, Jesus came into the quarters of Cæsarea Philippi, and He asked His disciples, saying, Whom do men say that the Son of man is? But they said, Some, John the Baptist, and other some, Elias, and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. Jesus saith to them, But whom do you say that I am? [...]
Fourth Sunday After Pentecost — A Message From the Venerable Bede
Christ Preaching from the Boat (detail), Jan Bruegel the Elder,1606.png Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Luke At that time, when the multitude pressed upon Jesus to hear the word of God, He stood by the lake of Genesareth. And He saw two ships standing by the lake; but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets. And going up into one of the ships that was Simon's, He desired [...]