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October 2017

October 26, 2017

The Apostles and Their Times

When it comes to the church fathers and the early church, in general, I, like...

October 26, 2017

Seek understanding with love; Church Fathers: Day 094

Writing to convert Manichean heretics, St. Augustine admits that he can’t make them understand Catholic...

October 25, 2017

Drink from the fountain of love; Church Fathers: Day 093

Like the Israelites, we are wandering in the desert as a training for the Promised...

October 24, 2017

Find all the virtues in love; Church Fathers: Day 092

Virtue, says St. Augustine, is simply love in action. All the named virtues are different...

October 23, 2017

Let love lead your mind back to God; Church Fathers: Day 091

The mind that strays from God is miserable, says St. Augustine. Only love can lead...

October 23, 2017

Off the Shelf 043 with Brian Kennelly – Queen of Heaven

Brian Kennelly is the author of two novels, Two Statues and To the Heights,...

October 22, 2017

Thoughts of sin are seeds of sin; Church Fathers: Day 090

A little weed, says St. Cyril of Jerusalem, can eventually break a rock apart with...

October 21, 2017

Learn how to control your thoughts; Church Fathers: Day 089

St. John Cassian recalls the wise words of an Egyptian abbot named Moses. You can’t...

October 20, 2017

The errors of others don’t make you right; Church Fathers: Day 088

So you’ve proved that someone else’s opinion is wrong. Well, that doesn’t mean you’re right,...

October 19, 2017

See the truth in the works it produces; Church Fathers: Day 087

Do any of the pagan professors of rhetoric or grammar really make their students happy?...

October 18, 2017

Distinguish what’s important to be right about; Church Fathers Day: 086

St. Augustine tells us that we can be wrong about some things without causing any...

October 17, 2017

Off the Shelf 042 with Mike Aquilina – The Apostles and Their Times

Mike Aquilina is the award-winning author of more than fifty books on Catholic history, doctrine,...

October 17, 2017

Love the truth as the martyrs did; Church Fathers: Day 085

Philoxenus, an ancient Syriac writer, tells us that the love of truth is a consuming...

October 16, 2017

Learn practice before theory; Church Fathers: Day 084

The abbot Nesteros tells St. John Cassian that he needs to learn practice before he...

October 15, 2017

Put God’s rules first; Church Fathers: Day 083

Just as in our own time, educated people in the time of St. Augustine loved...

October 14, 2017

Study your faith; Church Fathers: Day 082

There is only one way to salvation, says St. Irenaeus, but there are many roads...

October 13, 2017

Learn faith from Mary Magdalene; Church Fathers: Day 081

Before dawn after the Sabbath, Mary Magdalene came and found Jesus’ tomb empty; then she...

October 12, 2017

A Total Consecration Method With the Rosary

Many are familiar with the Total Consecration method started by St. Louis de Montfort. He...

October 12, 2017

Believe what Christ tells you; Church Fathers: Day 080

In a dialogue with St. Gregory the Great, Peter the deacon seems to prefer to...

October 11, 2017

Build your faith on the Stone; Church Fathers: Day 079

A mighty building, says Aphrahat, depends on its foundation stones. If we build the structure...

October 10, 2017

Feel the power of faith; Church Fathers: Day 078

Running at a gallop through salvation history, Aphrahat tells us that all the great things...

October 09, 2017

Off the Shelf 041 with Joseph Pearce – Heroes of the Catholic Reformation

Joseph Pearce is a Senior Contributor of The Imaginative Conservative. He is Senior Editor at...

October 09, 2017

Don’t doubt—just pray; Church Fathers: Day 077

How can I pray to God when I’m such a miserable sinner? Don’t think like...

October 08, 2017

Everything takes faith; Church Fathers: Day 076

St. Cyril of Jerusalem tells us that faith is by no means an exclusively Christian...

October 07, 2017

Cooperation is a law of nature; Church Fathers: Day 075

Working for the common good is a law implanted in our very nature, says St....

October 06, 2017

Stay on course; Church Fathers: Day 074

If you flit from one activity to the next, the abbot Nesteros tells St. John...

October 05, 2017

Find the best use of your talents; Church Fathers: Day 073

Palladius of Galatia tells the story of a man who became a monk late in...

October 04, 2017

Use the gifts God gave you rightly; Church Fathers: Day 072

God gave you wonderful tools and abilities, says St. John Chrysostom. But it’s up to...

October 03, 2017

Foreknowledge doesn’t cancel free will, Church Fathers: Day 071

If God knows in advance what you will do, does that mean God is the...

October 02, 2017

Denying free will proves that there is free will; Church Fathers: Day 070

We Christians know that we have free will: that we can choose between good and...

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