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
Sixth Sunday After Pentecost – Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Luigi Bisi, 1857
Translation of the Epistle for the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost (Rom 6:3-11)
Brethren: All we who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death. For we were buried with Him by means of Baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ has arisen from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also may walk in newness of life. For if we have been united with Him in the likeness of His death, we shall be so in the likeness of […]
Sixth Sunday After Pentecost — A Message from St. Pope John XXIII
Petrus Norbertus van Reysschoot, 1773-92
Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Mark (8:1-9)
At that time, when there was a great multitude with Jesus, and they had nothing to eat, calling His disciples together, He saith to them: I have compassion on the multitude, for behold they have now been with Me three days, and have nothing to eat and if I shall send them away fasting to their home, they will faint in the way: for some of them came from afar off. And His disciples answered Him: From whence can any one fill them here […]