Christmas Day Mass — Homily by Fr. Ermatinger
Translation of the Epistle for the Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord
God, Who at sundry times and in divers manners spoke in times past to the fathers by the prophets, last of all in these days has spoken to us by His Son, Whom He has appointed heir of all things, by whom also He made the world: Who being the brightness of His glory and […]
Gaudéte Sunday — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
José Leonardo,1635
Translation of the Epistle for the Third Sunday in Advent
Brethren, Rejoice in the Lord always: again I say, rejoice. Let your modesty be known to all men: The Lord is nigh. Be nothing solicitous: but in everything, by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, keep your […]
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 made. The depths were not as yet, and I was already conceived; neither had the fountains of waters as yet sprung out; the mountains with […]
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 worthily of God and please Him in all things, bearing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God. May you be […]
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 and charity, and of the enduring of the hope of our Lord Jesus Christ before God and our Father: knowing, brethren beloved of God, your […]
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 another, if any have a complaint against another: even as the Lord hath forgiven you, so do you also. But above all these things have […]
Twenty-Fourth Sunday After Pentecost (4th Sunday After Epiphany Resumned) — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Translation for the Epistle of the 24th Sunday after Pentecost / Fourth Sunday After Epiphany Resumed
John Lawson, cir. 1890
Brethren: Owe no man anything except to love one another; for you who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the Law. For thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not bear false witness. Thou shalt not covet; and if there […]
Feast of Christ the King – Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Jean Bourdichon,
The Great Hours of Anne of Brittany,
1503-8
Translation of the Epistle for the Feast of Christ the King
Brethren, giving thanks to God the Father, Who hath made us worthy to be partakers of the lot of the saints in light: Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of the Son of His love. In Whom we […]
Twenty-Second Sunday After Pentecost — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
James Tissot, 1886-94
Translation of the Epistle for the 22nd Sunday After Pentecost
Brethren, I am convinced in the Lord Jesus, that he, who has begun a good work in you, will bring it to perfection until the day of Christ Jesus; and I have the right so to feel about you all because I have you in my heart, all of you alike in my chains, and in […]
Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
(after Hebrews 4:12), Modern
Translation of the Epistle for the 21st Sunday After Pentecost
Brethren, be strengthened in the Lord, and in the might of His power. Put you on the armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the deceits of the devil. For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers, against the rulers of the […]