Sunday Within the Octave of Christmas — A Message From Pope Benedict XVI
Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1672
Translation of the Gospel According to Luke
At that time Joseph and Mary, the mother of Jesus, were wondering at those things which were spoken concerning Him, And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary His Mother: Behold this child is set for the fall and […]
Fourth Sunday of Advent — A Message From St. Bernard of Clairvaux
Bartolome Esteban Murillo, cir. 1655
Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Luke
Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother tetrarch of Iturea and the country of Trachonitis, […]