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November 2017

November 18, 2017

Suit your practice to your nature; Church Fathers: Day 117

Not everyone can fast heroically, says St. John Cassian. We need to take our own...

November 17, 2017

Learn good habits during Lent; Church Fathers: Day 116

The Church requires every Christian to fast during Lent. We should take this opportunity, says...

November 16, 2017

From Radical Feminist to the Catholic Church

Review by Julie Abel I recently attended the Maryland Catholic Women’s Conference at Mount St....

November 16, 2017

Be like steel, not like wax; Church Fathers: Day 115

St. John Cassian remembers the wise comparison of the abbot Theodore. Your mind, he says,...

November 15, 2017

Love virtue for its own sake; Church Fathers: Day 114

The Syrian abbot Chaeremon, as St. John Cassian remembers, explained that it’s far better to...

November 14, 2017

Time to loosen some knots

Do you find yourself struggling in life? Do the problems you encounter at work and...

November 14, 2017

Trust God to bring good even from the wicked; Church Fathers: Day 113

The devil stirs up heretics to attack the Church, says St. Augustine, but God turns...

November 13, 2017

Never despair of God’s help; Church Fathers: Day 112

When barbarians sacked Rome in the year 410, some pagans argued that the Christian God...

November 13, 2017

Off the Shelf 046 with Greg Willits – Tied in Knots

Greg Willits is the editorial director for Our Sunday Visitor and the author of The...

November 12, 2017

Remember that God controls your destiny; Church Fathers: Day 111

A correspondent had asked Theodoret an interesting hypothetical question. Theodoret’s answer quotes Jesus’ advice to...

November 10, 2017

Learn to distinguish what really matters; Church Fathers: Day 110

We can never know in this world why bad things happen to some people and...

November 10, 2017

Feel pity for your persecutors; Church Fathers: Day 109

The wise abbot Chaeremon told St. John Cassian that forgiveness and compassion are the signs...

November 09, 2017

An Amazing True Life Story About World War II

Review by Julie Abell When I was a teenager in high school, I could not...

November 09, 2017

Make the right use of your worries; Church Fathers: Day 108

We worry all the time, and with reason. Who can predict what will happen tomorrow?...

November 08, 2017

Let difficulties be your teachers; Church Fathers: Day 107

The expulsion from Paradise was a bad thing. Yet look what good came of it,...

November 07, 2017

Why Are We Catholic? A Look Inside the Faith From Brandon Vogt

Sometimes in our faith journeys we are asked the question to trump all questions. “Hey...

November 07, 2017

Cultivate patience and be at peace; Church Fathers: Day 106

If you cultivate patience, says St. John Cassian, you will be at peace not only...

November 06, 2017

We are called to endure pain and illness; Church Fathers: Day 105

Sometimes pain and sickness are hard to bear, but we’re still called to bear them....

November 06, 2017

Off the Shelf 045 with Bradley Hahn – Solidarity HealthShare

Bradley Hahn is a deeply committed Catholic who helped found Solidarity HealthShare as a means...

November 05, 2017

If you want faith, practice patience; Church Fathers: Day 104

Tertullian, one of the founders of Christian theology, tells us that the New Law demands...

November 04, 2017

Don’t be guilty of someone else’s despair; Church Fathers: Day 103

The visionary Hermas is told that when we see someone suffering, we must respond. If...

November 03, 2017

Help the Church help others, Church Fathers: Day 102

Do you know someone who needs help, but may be too modest to ask for...

November 02, 2017

Be generous in secret; Church Fathers: Day 101

If you give so that you can boast about it, says St. Ambrose, you already...

November 01, 2017

Be kind even to people who don’t deserve it; Church Fathers: Day 100

Is that beggar on the street just a lazy bum? Maybe so, but St. John...

October 2017

October 31, 2017

Give, and let God take care of the rest; Church Fathers: Day 099

Give, and let God take care of the rest - Hermas on Christian charity. The...

October 30, 2017

Remember that everyone is your “neighbor”; Church Fathers: Day 098

This godly love cannot be perfect unless we love our neighbor as well. And in...

October 30, 2017

Off the Shelf 044 with Brandon Vogt – Why I Am Catholic

Brandon Vogt is a bestselling and award-winning author, blogger, and speaker who serves as content...

October 29, 2017

Do what’s appropriate, but always in love; Church Fathers: Day 097

We can’t always be doing everything, says St. Augustine. We need to judge what kind...

October 28, 2017

Plant the seeds of love; Church Fathers: Day 096

Are we ready to die for our friends? Maybe not yet. But St. Augustine shows...

October 27, 2017

Live for others, not for yourself; Church Fathers: Day 095

No matter how virtuously you live your own life, says St. Leo the Great, you...

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