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 [...]
External Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus — A Message From Pope Leo XIII
Christ on the Cross with Mourners, Assistance Figures, and the Holy Longinus, German School, 17th c. Translation of the Holy Gospel According to John At that time: The Jews (because it was the Parasceve), that the bodies might not remain upon the cross on the Sabbath day (for that was a great Sabbath day) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. The soldiers therefore came: and they [...]
External Solemnity of Corpus Christi — A Message From St. Justin Martyr
Institution of the Eucharist (detail), The Saint Augustine Gospels, before 597 Translation of the Holy Gospel According to John At that time Jesus said to the multitudes of the Jews: My Flesh is meat indeed, and My Blood is drink indeed. He that eateth My Flesh, and drinketh My Blood, abideth in Me, and I in him. As the living Father hath sent Me, and I live by the Father, so he that eateth Me, [...]
Feast of Corpus Christi — Fr. Ermatinger
Continuation of the Holy Gospel According to John Unknown At that time Jesus said to the multitudes of the Jews: My Flesh is meat indeed, and My Blood is drink indeed. He that eateth My Flesh, and drinketh My Blood, abideth in Me, and I in him. As the living Father hath sent Me, and I live by the Father, so he that eateth Me, the same also shall live by Me. This is the [...]