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December 2017

December 13, 2017

Train your tongue to serve righteousness; Church Fathers: Day 142

What we say can be as important as what we do. St. John Chrysostom reminds...

December 12, 2017

Be Christian in your conversation; Church Fathers: Day 141

The things we say even in casual conversation can have profound effects on the people...

December 11, 2017

Off the Shelf 050 with Fr Dwight Longenecker – Mystery of the Magi

Father Dwight Longenecker was raised an Evangelical and graduated from Bob Jones University. While there...

December 11, 2017

Live and talk like a Christian; Church Fathers: Day 140

In his letter “On the Perfection of the Life of Solitaries,” St. Basil gives advice...

December 10, 2017

Hear the silence of Jesus; Church Fathers: Day 139

Jesus left us many sayings, commandments, and sermons. But he also taught us by doing....

December 09, 2017

Live a life worthy of your baptism; Church Fathers: Day 138

Can people tell that you’re a Christian? St. John Chrysostom says we should live lives...

December 08, 2017

God’s mercy works through us; Church Fathers: Day 137

Babies are born into the world helpless, completely dependent on the people who take care...

December 07, 2017

Don’t blame God for what bad people do; Church Fathers: Day 136

God gave us free will, and we often misuse it. When Christians are persecuted, says...

December 06, 2017

A better understanding of the Immaculate Conception of Mary

Many Catholics today misunderstand the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary....

December 06, 2017

See the big picture; Church Fathers: Day 135

In the natural world, things grow, die, and decay. Is God’s creation imperfect, then? No,...

December 05, 2017

Everything in good order; Church Fathers: Day 134

St. Clement of Rome tells us that we’re all different for a reason. Not everyone...

December 04, 2017

Don’t try to limit God; Church Fathers: Day 133

God is always beyond the grasp of our reason, as St. Hilary of Poitiers tells...

December 04, 2017

Off the Shelf 049 with Phillip Campbell – Heroes and Heretics

Phillip Campbell holds a BA in European History from Ave Maria University and a certificate...

December 03, 2017

Let reason console you for your losses; Church Fathers: Day 132

Writing to a widowed noblewoman, Theodoret tells her that reason will be a consolation in...

December 02, 2017

Loss is only temporary; Church Fathers: Day 131

This isn’t the sort of thing we usually hear at a funeral these days, but...

December 01, 2017

Work through your grief; Church Fathers: Day 130

To a congregation that had lost its pastor, St. Basil sends his condolences. Grief is...

November 2017

November 30, 2017

Beware of depression; Church Fathers: Day 129

Are you feeling gloomy? That’s good if it leads you to repent your sins, says...

November 29, 2017

Work for the Kingdom is never wasted; Church Fathers: Day 128

When we work, says St. Basil, we do it for the sake of the good...

November 28, 2017

Off the Shelf 048 with Fr Terry Ehrman – Man of God

Father Terry P. Ehrman, CSC is the assistant director for life science research and outreach...

November 28, 2017

Trust God’s promises, and take what comes; Church Fathers: Day 127

When Jesus was transfigured, says St. Gregory the Great, Peter wanted to live in that...

November 26, 2017

Be pleased with what pleases God; Church Fathers: Day 126

God knows more than we do, and sometimes hard times may do us as much...

November 26, 2017

Give your leisure to the Lord; Church Fathers: Day 125

Making a humorous but still pointed apology for a long sermon, St. Basil tells his...

November 25, 2017

Learn the lesson of the bees; Church Fathers: Day 124

St. Basil points to the bees as an example to all Christians. They work industriously...

November 24, 2017

Be happy with enough, and you’ll get what you want; Church Fathers: Day 123

The rich have many problems, says Tatian, and the poor have few. Be satisfied with...

November 23, 2017

Be satisfied with enough; Church Fathers: Day 122

It’s easy to have more than enough to get by, says St. Ambrose. But lust...

November 22, 2017

Learn contentment from the fish; Church Fathers: Day 121

Fish follow the order of nature, says St. Basil, and no one has to tell...

November 21, 2017

Off the Shelf 047 with Marge Fenelon – Forgiving Mother

Marge Fenelon is a Catholic wife, mother, award-winning author and journalist, blogger, and speaker. She’s...

November 21, 2017

Don’t forget to give thanks; Church Fathers: Day 120

Rome came very close to being destroyed by Attila the Hun, but Pope St. Leo...

November 20, 2017

Praise according to your ability; Church Fathers: Day 119

We can’t ever completely comprehend the nature of God, says St. Cyril of Jerusalem. But...

November 19, 2017

Be cheerful; Church Fathers: Day 118

You can’t be a Christian and a grump at the same time, the visionary Hermas...

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