Third Sunday of Advent — Gaudéte Sunday — A Message from St. Augustine
Translation of the Holy Gospel According to John
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 […]
Feast of the Immaculate Conception — Homily by Fr. Ermatinger
Translation of the Epistle for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception
The Lord possessed me in the beginning of His ways, before He made anything, from the beginning. I was set up from eternity, and of old, before the earth was […]
Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary — A Message From Fr. Garrigou-Lagrange
Translation of the Gospel According to St. Luke
At that time: the Angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee, called Nazareth, to a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David: and the virgin’s name was Mary. And the […]
First Sunday of Advent — A Message from St. Augustine
Thomas Cole, ca. 1847
Translation of the Gospel According to St. Luke (21:25-33)
At that time Jesus said to His disciples: There shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, by […]
24th and Last Sunday After Pentecost — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Translation of the Epistle for the 24th and Last Sunday After Pentecost
Brethren: We have been praying for you unceasingly, asking that you may be filled with knowledge of God’s will, in all spiritual wisdom and understanding. May you walk […]
Last Sunday After Pentecost — A Message From St. Gregory the Great
Translation of the Gospel According to St.
Hagia Sophia, c. 1261
At that time, Jesus said to His disciples: When you shall see the abomination of desolation which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (he that reads, let him understand:) then they that are in Judea, […]
Sixth Sunday After Epiphany Resumed — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Translation of the Epistle for the Sixth Sunday After Epiphany Resumed
Brethren: We give thanks to God always for you all, making a remembrance of you in our prayers without ceasing, being mindful of the work of your faith and labor […]
Resumed 6th Sunday After Epiphany — A Message From St. Pope Pius X
Jan Luyken, 1650
Translation of the Gospel According to St. Matthew
At that time Jesus spoke to the multitudes this parable: The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field: which is the least indeed […]
Fifth Sunday After Epiphany Resumed — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Translation for the Epistle for the Fifth Sunday After Epiphany resumed.
Brethren: Put ye on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, the bowels of mercy, benignity, humility, modesty, patience: bearing with one another and forgiving one […]
Resumed Fifth Sunday After Epiphany — A Message From St. Pope John Paul II
Translation of the Gospel According to St. Matthew
At that time Jesus spoke this parable to the multitudes: The kingdom of heaven is likened to a man that sowed good seed in his field. But while men were asleep, his enemy came and oversowed cockle among the wheat, […]