SERMON XVIII. FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT. - ON THE TENDER COMPASSION WHICH JESUS CHRIST ENTERTAINS TOWARDS SINNERS. "Make the men sit down." JOHN vi. 10. WE read in this day’s gospel that, having gone up into a mountain with his disciples, and seeing a multitude of five thousand persons, who followed him because they saw […]

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Episode 015: Fourth Sunday of Lent – St. Alphonsus Liguori

SERMON XVII THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT. - ON CONCEALING SINS IN CONFESSION. " And he was casting out a devil, and the same was dumb." LUKE xi. 14. THE devil does not bring sinners to hell with their eyes open: he first blinds them with the malice of their own sins. ”For their own malice […]

Episode 014: Third Sunday of Lent – St. Alphonsus Liguori

SERMON XVI. SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT. - ON HEAVEN. " Lord, it is good for us to be here." MATT. xvii. 4. IN this days gospel we read, that wishing to give his disciples a glimpse of the glory of Paradise, in order to animate them to labour for the divine honour, the Redeemer was […]

Episode 013: Second Sunday of Lent – St. Alphonsus Liguori

SERMON XV. FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT. - ON THE NUMBER OF SINS BEYOND WHICH GOD PARDONS NO MORE. " Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God." MATT. iv. 7. IN this days gospel we read that, having gone into the desert, Jesus Christ permitted the devil to”set him upon the pinnacle of the temple," […]

Episode 012: First Sunday of Lent – St. Alphonsus Liguori

SERMON XIV. QUINQUAGESIMA SUNDAY. - DELUSIONS OF SINNERS. "Lord, that I may see." LUKE xviii. 41. THE Devil brings sinners to hell by closing their eyes to the dangers of perdition. He first blinds them, and then leads them with himself to eternal torments. If, then, we wish to be saved, we must continually pray […]

Episode 011: Quinquagesima Sunday – St. Alphonsus Liguori

SERMON XIII-SEXAGESIMA SUNDAY. - ON THE UNHAPPY LIFE OF SINNERS, AND ON THE HAPPY LIFE OF THOSE WHO LOVE GOD. " And that which fell among the thorns are they who have heard, and, going their way, are choked with the cares and riches of this life, and yield no fruit." LUKE viii. 14 In […]

Episode 010: Sexagesima Sunday – St. Alphonsus Liguori

SERMON IX. FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. - DANGERS TO ETERNAL SALVATION. “And when he entered into the boat, his disciples followed him; and, behold, a great tempest arose in the sea." MATT. viii. 23, 24. On the greatness of the dangers to which our eternal salvation is exposed, and on the manner in which […]

Episode 009: Fourth Sunday after Epiphany – St. Alphonsus Liguori

SERMON VIII THIRD SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. - ON THE REMORSE OF THE DAMNED. " But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into the exterior darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth." MATT. VIII. 12. IN the Gospel of this day it is related that, “when Jesus Christ entered into […]

Episode 008: Third Sunday after Epiphany – St. Alphonsus Liguori

SERMON VII. SECOND SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. - ON THE CONFIDENCE WITH WHICH WE OUGHT TO RECOMMEND OURSELVES TO THE MOTHER OF GOD “And the wine failing, the Mother of Jesus saith to him: They have no wine” JOHN ii. IN the Gospel of this day we read that Jesus Christ, having been invited, went […]

Episode 007: Second Sunday after Epiphany – St. Alphonsus Liguori

SERMON VI. MALICE OF MORTAL SIN. " Behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing. 1 LUKE ii. 48. MOST holy Mary lost her Son for three days: during that time she wept continually for having lost sight of Jesus, and did not cease to seek after him till she found him. How then […]

Episode 006: Holy Family Sunday – St. Alphonsus Liguori

SERMON V. SUNDAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF THE NATIVITY. - IN WHAT TRUE WISDOM CONSISTS. " Behold, this CHILD is set for the fall and for the resurrection of many in Israel." LUKE ii. 34. SUCH was the language of holy Simeon when he had the consolation to hold in his hands the infant Jesus. […]

Episode 005: The Sunday within the Octave of the Nativity – St. Alphonsus Liguori

SERMON IV. FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT. - ON THE LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST FOR US, AND ON OUR OBLIGATIONS TO LOVE HIM. “And all flesh shall see the salvation of God." Luke iii. 6. The Saviour of the world, whom, according to the prediction of the prophet Isaias, men were one day to see on […]

Episode 004: The Fourth Sunday of Advent – St. Alphonsus Liguori

SERMON III. THIRD SUNDAY OP ADVENT. - ON THE MEANS NECESSARY FOR SALVATION. “I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord." John i. 23. ALL would wish to be saved and to enjoy the glory of Paradise; but to gain Heaven, it is necessary to walk […]

Episode 003: The Third Sunday of Advent – St. Alphonsus Liguori

SERMON II. SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT. - ON THE ADVANTAGES OF TRIBULATIONS. " Now when John had heard of the wonderful works of Christ," etc. MATT. ix. 2. IN tribulations God enriches his beloved souls with the greatest graces. Behold, St. John in his chains comes to the knowledge of the works of Jesus Christ: […]

Episode 002: The Second Sunday of Advent – St. Alphonsus Liguori

SERMON I. FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT. - ON THE GENERAL JUDGMENT. "And they shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of Heaven with much power and majesty." Matt. xxiv. 30. AT present God is not known, and, therefore, he is as much despised by sinners, as if he could not avenge, whenever […]

Episode 001: First Sunday of Advent – St. Alphonsus Liguori

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