Homily by St. Augustine 50th Tract on John When they saw Lazarus who had been raised from the dead, and knew that the miracle which the Lord had worked was so great, spread about by so many witnesses, and so plain and manifest that it could neither be concealed nor denied, they invented an expedient;…
Homily by Pope St. Gregory the Great 33rd on the Gospels When I think of the repentance of Mary Magdalene I feel nigher to weep than to say ought. Is there indeed any man, however stony his heart, who is not somewhat moved to follow the example of her repentance by the tears of that…
Homily on this passage by St. Augustine 34th Tract on John I take it that these words of the Lord: “I am the Light of the world” are sufficiently clear to all men who have eyes which see that Light. At the same time, such men as have no eyes except those which are in their…
Homily by St. Augustine 29th Tract on John He Who had gone up unto the Feast, not openly, but as it were in secret, the Same taught, and spake openly, and no man laid hands upon Him. That He had hid Himself, was for example’s sake; that He manifested Himself, was to show His power….
Homily by St. Jerome, Priest at Bethlehem Bk. ii Comm. on Matth. xv The stupidity of the Pharisees and Scribes is something extraordinary. They rebuke the Son of God because He doth not observe the traditions and commandments of men for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. It behoveth us to cleanse,…
Homily by St. Jerome, Priest Bk. iv Comm. on Matth. xxiii Was there ever man gentler and kinder than the Lord? The Pharisees tempted Him; their craft was confounded, and, in the words of the Psalmist, The arrows of babes have pierced them, Ps. lxiii. 8, and nevertheless, because of the dignity of their priesthood and name,…
Homily on this passage by St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo Tract 38 on John The Lord spake unto the Jews, saying: I go My way for, to the Lord Christ, death was a departure to that place whence He had come, and whence He had never departed. I go My way, saith He, and ye…