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
Fourth Sunday in Lent / Lætáre Sunday — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Pieter Jozef Verhaghen,1781
Translation of the Epistle for the Fourth Sunday of Lent
Brethren: it is written that Abraham had two sons; the one by a bond-woman, and the other by a free-woman. But he who was of the bond-woman was born according to the flesh; but he of the free-woman was by promise. Which things are said by an allegory. For these are the two testaments; the one from Mount Sina, engendering unto bondage, which is Agar: for Sina is a mountain in Arabia, which hath affinity to […]
Fourth Sunday of Lent / Lætáre Sunday — A Message From St. Romanos the Melodist
Flemish School, 17th c.
Translation of the Holy Gospel According to John (6:1-15)
At that time, Jesus went over the Sea of Galilee which is that of Tiberias; and a great multitude followed Him, because they saw the miracles which He did on them that were diseased. Jesus therefore went up into a mountain, and there He sat with His disciples. Now the pasch, the festival day of the Jews, was near at hand. When Jesus therefore had lifted up His eyes, and seen that a very great multitude cometh to Him, He said to Philip, […]
A Hymn to Our Blessed Mother
Bernard of Cluny, “Hymn to Our Lady,”
in Lyra Ecclesiastica, 1842, pgs. 27-31.
