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6 April 2012 Good Friday  (B) Jn. 18: 1– 19, 42: Homily of Saint Augustine (Sermon 111, 2) «Suddenly, from the crowd of those who railed against Him,  and  from those furious men who silenced the flock of Christ, and who were waiting for something extraordinary to happen, here is someone unnamed hanging on the [...]

1 April 2012 Palm Sunday (B) Mk. 14: 1–15, 47:  Homily of Saint Augustine  (S. 218C, 2) «So, we ought not only be ashamed of the death of our Lord, but, in truth, we must put all our hope in it, and to boast only in it.  In fact, receiving from us  the death, which [...]

25 March 2012 5th Sunday of Advent (B) Jn. 12: 20-33:. Homily of Saint Augustine  (In Io. ev. 51, 9-10) « It was necessary that the exaltation of the glorification would be preceded by the humiliation of the passion;  for this reason,  immediately afterwards, he added:   Truly, truly, I say to you, unless the grain [...]

18 March 2012 Fourth Sunday of Lent (B) Jn. 3: 14-21: Homily of Saint Augustine (S. 6, 7) «Let us try to explain the meaning of these things, with the help of God. The rod is the sign of the kingdom; the serpent is the sign of mortality. In fact, death came to men through [...]

11 March 2012 Third Sunday of Lent (B) Jn. 2: 13-25. Homily of Saint Augustine (S. 315, 2) «You know and you shall recall what those false witnesses said against Christ the Lord: We have heard Him say: I destroy this temple, and after three days, I build it again. (Mk. 14: 58) The Lord [...]