The movement of the human soul, and human society in general, from its fallen chaotic state towards divine order is at the heart of the Blog of Padre Pio Press. Writings, ponderings, and reflections on this movement of the soul are authored by Fr. Cliff Ermatinger and by the occasional Guest Contributor. The articles and recordings are relegated to the following areas:
Throughout the Month of April,
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Litany of the Most Blessed Sacrament
Third Sunday after Pentecost — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Translation of the Epistle for the Third Sunday after Pentecost
Dearly Beloved, Be you humbled under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in the time of visitation; casting all your care upon Him, for He hath care of you. Be sober and watch, because your adversary, the devil, as, a roaring lion, goeth about seekinq whom he may devour. Whom resist ye, strong in faith; knowing that the same affliction befalls your brethren who are in the world. But the God of all […]
External Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus — A Message From St. Catherine of Siena
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 broke the legs of the first, and of the other that was crucified with Him. But after they were come to Jesus, when they saw that He was already dead they did not break His […]
A Poem for Our Blessed Mother
THE SCHOLAR’S SEARCH
Xavier Donald MacLeod, Our Lady of Litanies, 1861. pgs. 167-9.
“WHAT is wisdom?” asked the Scholar,
“What its nature? Where its source?
Whence derived this mighty force
Of our yearning to attain it ?”
Weary days and silent midnights
Saw his piercing eye explore
All the wealth of written lore,
Saved from the decay of ages.
And he dug the fields of science,
Seized, rejected theories;
And for all his toil at these,
Gained and lost self-satisfaction.
Up amid the circling planets
Soared his spirit, groping blind
Mid their glories, and his mind
Fell, unsatisfied, from starland.
Sought the unrevealing ocean,
Strove to fathom that immense;
Guessing, pondering till the […]
Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Unknown, cir. 18th c.
Translation of the Epistle for the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Brethren, To me, the least of all the Saints, is given this grace, to preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ: and to enlighten all men, that they may see what is the dispensation of the mystery which hath been hidden from eternity in God, who created all things: that the manifold wisdom of God may be made known to the principalities and powers in heavenly places through the Church, according to the […]