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June 2017

June 02, 2017

The Word of God feeds the angels; Angels: Day 314

The angels don’t need sermons or readings to tell them God’s word, says St. Augustine. They have...

June 01, 2017

We’re fed with what angels tremble to see; Angels: Day 313

Do you really know, St. John Chrysostom asks, what an honor it is to be...

May 2017

May 31, 2017

The Eucharist is the angels’ food; Angels: Day 312

Our Mass in our own parish church, says St. Athanasius, is already part of that great...

May 31, 2017

Off the Shelf 024 with Brandon McGinley

Brandon McGinley writes about faith, culture, and politics from his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His...

May 30, 2017

What really happens at Mass; Angels: Day 311

When a priest celebrates the Mass on earth, he takes part in the worship of Heaven....

May 29, 2017

Giving life for death; Angels: Day 310

St. Augustine portrays Christ as a merchant buying and selling. But the deal he offers us...

May 28, 2017

Angels rejoiced at our baptism; Angels: Day 309

All the angels, and the Lord of angels, rejoice at a baptism, says St. John Chrysostom....

May 27, 2017

Christ alone can give divine power to us; Angels: Day 308

Often the Fathers use the angels as examples of great but limited power, contrasting the...

May 26, 2017

An ancient prayer for modern times

When a book arrived in my mailbox about the Angelus prayer, I had to agree...

May 26, 2017

Hear the music of the endless holiday in Heaven; Angels: Day 307

We hire a band for a wedding or a birthday, St. Augustine says, and everyone who...

May 25, 2017

Brought near the holy angels; Angels: Day 306

With the Incarnation, says St. Cyril of Alexandria, the Church below is made one with the...

May 24, 2017

Flying Home; Angels: Day 305

St. Augustine says that our real home is the Zion in Heaven, which is the...

May 23, 2017

The incorruptible riches of the angels; Angels: Day 304

The two greatest commandments, as Jesus taught us, sum up the whole of the Scriptures: love...

May 22, 2017

Anticipate the angels’ work; Angels: Day 303

At the end of time, says St. Augustine, the angels will separate the wheat from the...

May 22, 2017

Off the Shelf 023 with Jared Dees

Jared Dees is the creator of the popular website The Religion Teacher, which provides practical resources...

May 21, 2017

The holy temple, below and above; Angels: Day 302

We make up the Church below, says St. Augustine, and the angels make up the Church...

May 20, 2017

Imitating the hymns of angels; Angels: Day 301

The historian Socrates Scholasticus relates the traditional story of how responsive singing began in the...

May 19, 2017

Work like an Angel; Angels: Day 300

If you’re lazy now in doing good works, asks St. Clement of Rome, how will you...

May 18, 2017

Join your heart with the angels; Angels: Day 299

Even when you work at earthly things, says St. Augustine, you’re a citizen of Heaven if...

May 17, 2017

Secret wisdom of God; Angels: Day 298

What an honor for the human race! God reveals his most secret wisdom to the angels...

May 16, 2017

Let everyone see that you’re a citizen of heaven; Angels: Day 297

St. John Chrysostom tells us that the best way to draw back those who don’t come...

May 15, 2017

We were made to glorify God on earth; Angels: Day 296

The angels glorify God in Heaven, says St. Gregory of Nyssa, and human beings were made...

May 14, 2017

We were meant to live like angels; Angels: Day 295

In the Garden of Eden, says St. John of Damascus, Adam and Eve lived like angels—without...

May 13, 2017

The knowledge even angels can’t teach; Angels: Day 294

God’s perfect knowledge is something no human could teach us, says St. Augustine. Angels couldn’t...

May 12, 2017

Know God, know love; Angels: Day 293

If you love your brother, says St. Augustine, you know God—because God is love. Love is...

May 12, 2017

Off the Shelf 022 with Matt Fradd

Matt Fradd is the founder and executive director of The Porn Effect, a website dedicated...

May 11, 2017

We restore the ranks of the angels; Angels: Day 292

The fall of the angels left a gap in the heavenly hierarchy, says St. Augustine, and...

May 10, 2017

Equal to angels – but not; Angels: Day 291

If we’re to be like the angels, who have no bodies, then what becomes of...

May 09, 2017

Equal to angels; Angels: Day 290

Answering the resurrection-denying Sadducees who tried to trip Jesus up with a tricky question about marriage...

May 08, 2017

Contemplation should direct action; Angels: Day 289

Contemplation, says St. Augustine, is the highest part of reason, which is the highest part of...

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