Roman Extraordinary (Tridentine)
Thursday, April 25 : Saint Ambrose
As he sent out disciples into his harvest – which had, in truth, been sown by the Father’s Word but which required to be worked over, cultivated and carefully tended if the birds were not to ravage the seed – Jesus said to them: “Behold, I send you out like lambs among wolves”. (…) The […]
Thursday, April 25 : Holy Gospel according to Saint Luke 10,1-9.
And after these things, the Lord appointed also other seventy-two. And he sent them two and two before his face into every city and place whither he himself was to come. And he said to them: The harvest indeed is great, but the labourers are few. Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest that […]
Wednesday, April 24 : John Tauler
The vinegrower goes to his vineyard to cut the wild shoots. If he didn’t do this and left them on the good branches, his vine would only produce sour, bad wine. This is what a nobleman or a noblewoman must do: they must prune themselves of all that is out of order, uproot entirely all […]
Wednesday, April 24 : Holy Gospel according to Saint John 15,1-7.
I am the true vine: and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he will take away: and every one that beareth fruit, he will purge it, that it may bring forth more fruit. Now you are clean, by reason of the word which I have spoken to you. […]
Tuesday, April 23 : Saint Augustine
These words of our Savior: “I will see you again and your heart will rejoice, and this joy no one can take away” should not be applied to the time after his resurrection when he showed himself in the flesh to his disciples and told them to touch him, but to that other time about […]
Tuesday, April 23 : Holy Gospel according to Saint John 16,16-22.
A little while, and now you shall not see me: and again a little while, and you shall see me: because I go to the Father. Then some of his disciples said one to another: What is this that he saith to us: A little while, and you shall not see me: and again a […]
Monday, April 22 : Saint Bernard
“They went forth, sowing their seeds.” But why? Shall they always weep? God forbid! “They shall come home with shouts of joy, carrying their sheaves” (Ps 125[126],8). And so rightly do they shout for joy, since they bring back sheaves of glory. But you say: that is for the resurrection on the last day; a […]
Monday, April 22 : Holy Gospel according to Saint Matthew 16,13-19.
And Jesus came into the quarters of Cesarea Philippi: and he asked his disciples, saying: Whom do men say that the Son of man is? But they said: Some John the Baptist, and other some Elias, and others Jeremias, or one of the prophets. Jesus saith to them: But whom do you say that I […]
Sunday, April 21 : Saint Caesarius of Arles
What is true joy, brethren, other than the kingdom of heaven? And what is the kingdom of heaven other than Christ our Lord? I know that everyone wants to have true joy. But the person who wants to be happy with his harvest without cultivating his field is deluding himself; the person who wants to […]
Sunday, April 21 : Holy Gospel according to Saint John 16,16-22.
A little while, and now you shall not see me: and again a little while, and you shall see me: because I go to the Father. Then some of his disciples said one to another: What is this that he saith to us: A little while, and you shall not see me: and again a […]
Saturday, April 20 : Saint John Chrysostom
Have you seen the wonderful victory? Have you seen the splendid deeds of the Cross? Shall I tell you something still more marvellous? Learn in what way the victory was gained, and you will be even more astonished. For by the very means by which the devil had conquered, by these Christ conquered him; and […]
