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:
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Litany of the Most Blessed Sacrament
Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Jean-François Millet, 1846
Translation of the Epistle for the 12th Sunday After Pentecost (2 Cor 3:4-9)
Brethren, Such confidence we have through Christ towards God. Not that we are sufficient to think anything of ourselves, as of ourselves: but our sufficiency is from God. Who also hath made us fit ministers of the new testament, not in the letter, but in the spirit: for the letter kills, but the spirit quickens. Now if the ministration of death, engraven with letters upon stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could […]
Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost — A Message From St. Gregory the Great
Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Luke (10:23-37)
At that time, Jesus said to His disciples: Blessed are the eyes that see the things which you see. For I say to you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see the things that you see, and have not seen them; and to hear the things that you hear, and have not heard them. And behold a certain lawyer stood up, tempting Him, and saying: Master, what must I do to possess eternal life? But He said to him: What is written in the law? how […]
