Fourth Sunday of Advent — A Message from St. Pope John Paul II
Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness Indicating Christ, the River Jordan Beyond,Antoine de Favray, 1759 Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Luke (3:1-6) Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother tetrarch of Iturea and the country of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilina, under the high-priests Annas and Caiphas: the word of the [...]
Gaudéte Sunday — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
John the Baptist,Fernando Gallego, ca. 1500 Epistle for the Third Sunday in Advent (Phi 4:4-7) Brethren: Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice. Let your moderation be known to all men. The Lord is near. Have no anxiety, but in every prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your petitions be made known to God. And may the peace of God which surpasses all understanding guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus, [...]
Third Sunday of Advent — Gaudéte Sunday — A Message from St. John Paul II
John the Baptist Preaching,Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1732-3 Translation From the Holy Gospel According to John (1:19-28) At that time the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and levites to John, to ask him: Who art thou? And he confessed: I am not the Christ. And they asked him: What then? Art thou Elias? And he said: I am not. Art thou the Prophet? And he answered: No. They said therefore unto him: Who art thou, that [...]
Second Sunday of Advent – Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
John the Baptist in Prison, Giotto, 1330-35 Translation of the Epistle for the Second Sunday in Advent (Rom 15:4-13) Brethren: Whatever things have been written have been written for our instruction, that through the patience and the consolation afforded by the Scriptures we may have hope. May then the God of patience and of comfort grant you to be of one mind towards one another according to Jesus Christ; that, one in spirit, you may [...]
Second Sunday of Advent — A Message from St. Jerome
John the Baptist in Prison,after Albert Robida (engraving), 1873 Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Matthew (11:2-10) At that time, when John had heard in prison the works of Christ, sending two of his disciples, he said to Him: Art thou He that art to come, or look we for another? And Jesus, making answer, said to them: Go and relate to John what you have heard and seen. The blind see, the lame [...]
First Sunday of Advent — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Translation of the Epistle for the First Sunday of Advent (Rom 13:11-14) The Last Judgement (altar piece),Fra Angelico, 1435-40 Brethren, knowing the time, that it is now the hour for us to rise from sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we believed. The night is past, and the day is at hand; let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light. Let us walk honestly, [...]