Extraordinary Form: Commentaries and Resources for the Third Sunday of Lent (Dominica III in Quadragesima)

EXTRAORDINARY FORM
THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT
Dominica III in Quadragesima ~ I. classis

This post was most recently updated on 03/03/24.

READINGS AND GENERAL RESOURCES:

• Today’s Roman Missal. Latin and English side by side. Be sure correct date is set.
• Today’s Roman Breviary. Latin and English side by side. be sure correct date is set.
• Devout Instructions on the Epistle and Gospel. Readings with explanations, prayers, meditation.

COMMENTARIES ON THE EPISTLE: Ephesians 5:1-9.

Link fixed. Aquinas’ Lectures on Ephesians 5:1-9. Read lectures 1-4. Some will find the commentary difficult. See next link for a somewhat simplified version of Aquinas’ commentary.

Father Callan’s Commentary on Ephesians 5:1-9. On 1-21.

Father MacEvilly’s Commentary on Ephesians 5:1-9.

Catena Bible on Ephesians 5:1-9. Click on highlighted verses for commentaries.

Father Wilberforce’s Commentary on Ephesians 5:1-9. Based upon Aquinas’ Lectures.

Bernardin de Piconio’s (Picquigny’s) Notes on Ephesians 5:1-9. Actually, the post is on verses 1-12.

Links Fixed: Father Mitch Pacwa on Ephesians 5:1-9: on 4:25-5:14

(1) Father Mitch Pacwa’s Podcast Study of Ephesians 4:25-5:2. Originally aired on EWTN.
(2) Father Mitch Pacwa’s Podcast Study of Ephesians 5:3-14.

Haydock Bible Commentary on Ephesians 5:1-9. Notes on entire chapter.

Updated 03/03/24. St Thomas Aquinas’ Lectures on Ephesians 5:1-9. Read lectures 1-4 on verses 1-11.

Updated 03/03/24. Fr. George Hitchcock on Ephesians 5:1-9. On 1-10.

Updated 03/03/24. Catechism on Ephesians 5:1-9. 616, 1216, 1694-1695, 1852, 2113.

COMMENTARIES ON THE GOSPEL: Luke 11:14-28.

Aquinas’ Catena Aurea on Luke 11:14-28.

St Cyril of Alexandria’s Homiletic Commentary on Luke 11:14-28.

Haydock Bible Commentary on Luke 11:14-28. On entire chapter.

Catena Bible on Luke 11:14-28. Click on highlighted verses for commentaries.

Updated 03/03/24. Catechism on Luke 11:14-28~385, 700.

SERMONS, HOMILIES:

Homily on the Epistle. Prefaced by reading.

Homily on the Gospel. Prefaced by Reading.

Homiletic Sketch 1: On Impurity. On Epistle

Homiletic Sketch 2: Jesus Casts Out a Devil and Justifies Himself Against Enemies. On Gospel

Dogmatic Sketch: Contrition. On Gospel.

Liturgical Sketch: The Sanctification of Lent. On Gospel.

Symbolic Sketch: The Maid-Servant Sweeping the House with a Broom, a Pattern for Penitents. On Gospel.

Moral Sketch 1: The Evil of Relapse. On Gospel.

Moral Sketch 2: The Adversaries of Christ. On Gospel.

On the Miserable State of the Relapsing Sinner. On Luke 11:14.

On Invalid Confession.On Luke 11:26.

Bede the Venerable’s Homily on the Gospel.

SERMON AND HOMILY NOTES AND OUTLINES:

Covetousness. Sermon outline based upon Eph 5:5.

Delusions About Penance. Sermon outline based upon Eph 5:8.

St Thomas Aquinas’ Homily Notes on the Epistle. The Walk of the Righteous and of the Wicked.

The Two Standards.  Sermon outline based upon Luke 11:23.

Hearing the Word of God.  Sermon outline based upon Luke 11:28.

Aquinas’ Homily Notes on the Gospel.  On the cast-out devil.

New 03/03/24. MORAL THEMES:

Chastity.

Ephesians 5:6-9~Light and people of God.

DOGMATICS AND CATECHESIS:

The Existence of Evil Spirits.

On the Evil Spirits.