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,
Padre Pio Press Cordially Invites Its Readership to Join In Saying:
Litany of the Most Blessed Sacrament
A Meditation for the Feast of the Flight into Egypt
N.B. February 17th was listed as the Mass of the Flight of Our Lord Jesus Christ into Egypt as a Mass for particular places in pre-1962 Missals. It is remembered presently in the Novena to Our Lady of Sorrows (Day 2), Akathist Hymn to the Theotokos (Sixth Chant), and is an important minor feast in the Coptic Church as the Feast of the Entrance into Egypt.
Quinquagesima Sunday — A Message From St. Thomas Aquinas
Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Luke
At that time Jesus took unto Him the twelve and said to them: Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things shall be accomplished which were written by the Prophets concerning the Son of Man. For He shall be delivered to the Gentiles, and shall be mocked and scourged and spit upon: and after they have scourged Him, they will put Him to death, and the third day He shall rise again. And they understood none of these […]