Extraordinary Form: Commentaries for the Third Sunday After Easter (Dominica III Post Pascha)

EXTRAORDINARY FORM
THIRD SUNDAY AFTER EASTER

READINGS AND GENERAL RESOURCES:

Roman Missal. Latin & English side by side. Be sure correct date is set.

Roman Breviary. Latin & English side by side. Be sure correct date is set.

Goffine’s Instruction on the Epistle and Gospel. Famous devotional work in English. Similar to the content in the Missal link but it also includes brief instructions on the readings plus a brief essay on Encouragement to Patience in Adversity, base upon John 16:20.

COMMENTARIES ON THE LESSON: 1 Peter 2:11-19

Father MacEvily on 1 Peter 2:11-19.

Aquinas’ Use of 1 Peter 2:11-19 in the Summa Theologiæ.

COMMENTARIES ON THE GOSPEL: John 16:16-22

St Cyril of Alexandria’s Commentary on John 16:16-22.

Link fixed. Aquinas’ Lecture on John 16:16-22. Differs from next link.

Update 03/30/23. Aquinas’ Catena Aurea on John 16:16-22.

Cornelius a Lapide on John 16:16-22.

HOMILIES AND HOMILY NOTES:

Aquinas’ Homily Notes on 1 Peter 2:11-19.  Can be used to provide points for meditation, further study, homily subjects, etc.

On The Conduct Of Christians In The various Circumstances Of Life.  Homily on the Epistle.

Aquinas’ Homily Notes on John 16:16-22. Can be used to provide points for meditation, further study, homily subjects, etc.

Update 03/30/23. St Augustine’s Homily on the Gospel.

St John Chrysostom’s Homily on the Gospel. This homily is on verse 16-33.

The following seven homilies are from Father Johann Evangelist Zollner (1828-1901), a famed preacher in his day.

The Farewell Discourse Of Our Lord.  Homily on the Gospel.

Christian Hope.  Dogmatic homily on the Gospel.

The Three Feasts Falling In Easter Time. Liturical homily.

The Travail Of The Woman In Childbirth A Figure Of The Miseries Of Human Life.  A symbolic exposition of the Gospel text.  Scroll down page slightly.

The Efficacy Of Tears.  A moral exposition of the Gospel text. Scroll down page.

The Folly Of The Children Of The World And The Wisdom Of The Children Of God. Another moral exposition of the Gospel.  Scroll down page slightly.