Episodes

Tuesday Dec 30, 2025
Tuesday Dec 30, 2025
Readings:
OT: Isaiah 52:7-10
Epistle: Hebrews 1:1-12
Holy Gospel: St. John 1:1-18
Art: The Nativity (between 1465 and 1470). Panel painting by Fra Diamante (c. 1430 – c.1498)

Tuesday Dec 30, 2025
Tuesday Dec 30, 2025
Readings:
OT: Isaiah 9:2-7
Epistle: Titus 2:11-14
Holy Gospel: St. Luke 2:1-20
Art: The Nativity of Christ with the Adoration of the Shepherds (c. 1475). Oil on panel by Martin Schongauer (1440-1491)

Sunday Dec 21, 2025
Sunday Dec 21, 2025
Readings:
OT: Isaiah 7:10-17
Epistle: Romans 1:1-7
Holy Gospel: St. Matthew 1:18-25
Art: Detail of Dream of Saint Joseph (between 1625 and 1630). Oil on canvas by Gerard Seghers (1591-1651)

Sunday Dec 21, 2025
Sunday Dec 21, 2025
Art: Saint Paul (date uncertain). Oil on canvas by Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591-1666).

Saturday Dec 20, 2025
Saturday Dec 20, 2025
Readings:
OT: Isaiah 40:1-11
Epistle: I Corinthians 15:51-57
Holy Gospel: St. Matthew 1:18-25
Art: Detail of Christ Risen from the Tomb (c. 1490). Oil on panel by Ambrogio Bergognone (c. 1453-1523).

Friday Dec 19, 2025
Friday Dec 19, 2025
Reading: James 5:7-11
Art: The Last Judgment (c. 1510). Woodcut print by Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528).

Wednesday Dec 17, 2025
Wednesday Dec 17, 2025
Art: The Holy Trinity with Saints (1455-1460). Altarpiece by Francesco di Stefano (1422-1457).

Monday Dec 15, 2025
Monday Dec 15, 2025
Text: Romans 1:18-32
Art: Saint Paul (date uncertain). Oil on canvas by Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591-1666)

Monday Dec 15, 2025
Monday Dec 15, 2025
Readings:OT: Isaiah 35:1-10
Epistle: James 5:7-11
Holy Gospel: St. Matthew 11:2-15
Other Passages in the Sermon: I Kings 19:4; Matthew 3:16-17; John 20:25; Matthew 4:3, 6; John 1:29; Philippians 2:7
Art: Detail of St. John the Baptist in Prison Visited by Two Disciples (1455-1460). Tempera painting by Giovanni di Paolo (c. 1403-1482)

Wednesday Dec 10, 2025
Wednesday Dec 10, 2025
Reading: Romans 15:4-13
Other Passages in the Sermon: II Timothy 3:16-17; I John 2:15; Matthew 5:3; Colossians 3:1; Romans 2:7; Matthew 3:2; Luke 9:23; I John 4:21; Ephesians 4:5-6; John 3:16; Luke 2:10; Luke 2:8; Matthew 2:1
