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July 2017

July 19, 2017

God alone is good by nature; Angels: Day 361

“Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked the ruler of the synagogue. St. Cyril of...

July 18, 2017

Love God for himself; Angels: Day 360

God is rich in everything, says St. Ambrose. Everything belongs to him. But though Earth is...

July 18, 2017

Off the Shelf 029 with Jean Heimann

Jean M. Heimann is a Catholic author freelance writer with an M.A. in Theology, a...

July 17, 2017

We’ll see what the angels see; Angels: Day 359

When things go wrong in this life, says St. Augustine, just remember what you’re preparing for....

July 16, 2017

Are we there yet?; Angels: Day 358

No matter how far off the Day of Judgment may be, says St. Augustine, your own death...

July 15, 2017

Your soul is a picture of the angelic life; Angels: Day 357

Arguing for the divinity of the Holy Spirit, St. Gregory of Nyssa says that you know...

July 14, 2017

Peace which passes angels’ understanding; Angles: Day 356

The peace of God passes all understanding—not just human understanding, but angels’ as well, says St....

July 13, 2017

Keep the prayer of the angels in your heart; Angels: Day 355

Even when you’re just out shopping, says St. John Chrysostom, you can still be praising God...

July 12, 2017

Don’t drown out the angel choir; Angels: Day 354

St. John Chrysostom looks around him in church, and all he sees are people talking about...

July 11, 2017

Remember that you sing in the angelic choir; Angels: Day 353

In the time of St. John Chrysostom, popular entertainment had become notoriously immoral, depending on...

July 10, 2017

Imagine the beauty of countless angels; Angels: Day 352

Try to imagine the most wonderful spectacle you’ve ever seen, says St. John Chrysostom. Now think...

July 09, 2017

The angels sing praises by the power of the Holy Spirit; Angels: Day 351

The heavenly life of praise and joy the angels live is possible only through the Holy...

July 08, 2017

Even angels will be condemned for unbelief; Angels: Day 350

How important is it to have a right understanding of the Incarnation? So important, says St....

July 07, 2017

Evil angels await the last judgement; Angels: Day 349

The devil and his angels, says St. Augustine, have been cast out of Heaven, but they...

July 06, 2017

The angels hold the keys to Satan’s prison; Angels: Day 348

Revelation says that Satan will be let loose for a little while—but even then, says St....

July 05, 2017

Some outsiders are on our side; Angels: Day 347

There are evil people inside the Church, says St. Augustine, because the devil planted weeds among...

July 05, 2017

The Rosary – Still Significant Today

One of the oldest prayers in the Catholic Church is the rosary. It is a...

July 04, 2017

The saints judge with the angels; Angels: Day 346

The saints, says St. Augustine, will judge with Christ and the angels—and in fact will be...

July 03, 2017

The Church above; Angels: Day 345

We are the Church on Earth, says St. Augustine, but the angels are the Church in...

July 03, 2017

Off the Shelf 028 with Gretchen Crowe

Gretchen Crowe is the editor-in-chief of Our Sunday Visitor Newsweekly, where she oversees the publication...

July 02, 2017

One Church in Heaven and on Earth; Angels: Day 344

When we recite the Creed, we say that we believe in one, holy, catholic, and apostolic...

July 01, 2017

Night and day; Angels: Day 343

The life of the believer is like day compared to the life of the unbeliever,...

June 2017

June 30, 2017

Time for a little OLD evangelization

We have all undoubtedly heard the catch phrase “the new evangelization” coined by our last...

June 30, 2017

Acknowledge Christ; the angels will praise you; Angels: Day 342

At the end of time, says St. Cyril of Alexandria, Christ will come in glory,...

June 29, 2017

Christ will come surrounded by angels; Angels: Day 341

When Christ comes again, St. Cyril of Alexandria reminds us, it won’t be in the form of...

June 28, 2017

An image of the heavenly city; Angels: Day 340

Zion—Jerusalem—is an image of the heavenly kingdom, says St. Augustine. The captivity of the earthly Jerusalem...

June 28, 2017

The Story of Civilization Continues

Review by Laura Socks The subsequent volumes of TAN’s The Story of Civilization by Phillip...

June 27, 2017

Wait for the angels to sort us out; Angels: Day 339

Speaking of Jesus’ parable of the net, Origen explains that the promised sorting-out cannot happen...

June 26, 2017

Treated like an angel; Angels: Day 338

Angels were treated like humans when they visited us, says Tertullian—eating, drinking, even having their feet...

June 26, 2017

Off the Shelf 026 with Eric Sammons

Eric Sammons is a former Evangelical, who entered the Catholic Church in 1993. He has...

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