Homily by St. Peter Chrysologus, Archbishop of Ravenna: Dominica XVIII Post Pentecosten I. Octobris ~ II. classis

St. Peter Chrysologus, Patron Saint of Homilists

Dominica XVIII Post Pentecosten I. Octobris ~ II. classis

Homily by St. Peter Chrysologus, Archbishop of Ravenna.

Sermon 50

This day's reading hath shown us an instance of how Christ, in those things which He did as Man, worked deep works of God, and by things which were seen wrought things which were not seen. The Evangelist saith Jesus "entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into His Own city." Was not This He Who had once parted the waves hither and thither, and made the dry ground appear at the bottom of the sea, so that His people Israel passed dry-shod between masses of water standing still, as through an hollow glen in a mountain? Was not This He Who made the depths of the sea solid under the feet of Peter, so that the watery path offered a firm way for human footsteps?

Dírigat corda nostra, quǽsumus, Dómine, tuæ miseratiónis operátio: quia tibi sine te placére non póssumus.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
R. Amen.

Mercifully grant, O Lord, that thine effectual goodness may in all things direct our hearts, forasmuch as without thee we are not able to please thee.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
R. Amen.