Homily by St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan 7th Bk. on Luke, ch. xii After the condemnation of the Jewish people, the mystery of the Church is plainly declared in the figures of the repentant Ninevites, and of the Queen of the South. Like that Queen, the Church cometh from the uttermost parts of the earth,…
Homily by the Venerable Bede, Priest 11th for Lent, Tom. vii The same thing which the Lord showed in a figure by cursing the barren fig-tree, He afterwards more plainly put before us by casting the desecrators out of the temple. The tree herself had not sinned by bearing no fruit when the Lord was…
Homily by St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo On Faith and Works, xv, 4 If, without keeping the commandments, it be possible to attain unto life by faith only, and faith, if it hath not works, is dead, James ii. 17, how can it be true that the Lord will say to such as He shall…
St. Francis de Sales Sermon for Ash Wednesday on Fasting These first four days of the holy season of Lent serve as a preface to indicate the preparation that we ought to make in order to spend Lent well and to dispose ourselves to fast well. That is why I thought of speaking to you,…