St. Joseph the Worker — Homily by Fr. Ermatinger
Audio Wood Sculpturer Ken Packie Carving a Statue of St. Joseph for Boston College. Transcription Of Homily Lesson from the Letter of St. Paul to the Colossians. Brethren, have charity, which is the bond of perfection: And let the peace of Christ rejoice in your hearts, wherein also you are called in one body: and be ye thankful. All whatsoever you do in word or in work, do all in the name of [...]
Low Sunday / Divine Mercy Sunday — Homily by Fr. Ermatinger
Audio Altar Mosaic, Dominus Flevit Church, Mount of Olives Transcription of Homily Translation of the Epistle for Low Sunday: Dearly beloved, whatsoever is born of God, overcometh the world: and this is the victory which overcometh the world, our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? This is he that came by water and blood, Jesus Christ: not by water only, [...]
Divine Mercy
In her Diary, St. Faustina records a special promise given to her by Jesus. He told her to communicate it to the whole world: My daughter, tell the whole world about My inconceivable mercy. I desire that the Feast of Mercy be a refuge and shelter for all souls, and especially for poor sinners. I pour out a whole ocean of graces upon those souls who approach the fount of My mercy (699). In three places in her Diary, [...]
For Easter Sunday
Christ Appearing to His Mother, Juan de Flandes, 1500-1504
For Holy Saturday
Le Christ aux limbes, Unknown
Palm Sunday — Homily by Fr. Ermatinger
Audio Christ Enters Jerusalem, Coptic Icon, Modern Transcription of Homily All of Matthew's Gospel, up until this point of the entry, on a donkey, into Jerusalem, has been something of a didactic preparation/explanation of the Kingdom of Christ. And from Chapter 21, through the rest, all of this Gospel takes place in Jerusalem. And now it transforms itself; it becomes a sacramental presentation of the Kingdom of Christ. And so there's this transformation [...]