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May 2017

May 08, 2017

The addiction is real….will we do anything about it?

Society today is facing one of the worst epidemics it has faced in a long...

May 07, 2017

Eyes such as angels see with; Angels: Day 288

Didymus was a famous theologian who had been blind since childhood. The historian Socrates Scholasticus recounts...

May 06, 2017

Train to win the angelic wreath; Angels: Day 287

Writing to Christians facing a sentence of death, Tertullian tells them to think of their hardships...

May 05, 2017

Christ sets the example of toleration; Angels: Day 286

Still meditating on the instructions in Revelation “to the angel of the Church in Ephesus,” St....

May 04, 2017

A leader praised for toleration; Angels: Day 285

Citing the instructions “to the angel of the church in Ephesus,” St. Augustine says that toleration...

May 03, 2017

The peace of the angels; Angels: Day 284

St. Augustine’s advice to soldiers: Peace is your goal, and everything you do must work toward...

May 03, 2017

How to catechize the entire family with one program

A definite challenge the church faces today is how to catechize our youth. One concern...

May 02, 2017

The service of angels; Angels: Day 283

St. Ambrose recommends the life of a much-respected monk as an example to us all. To...

May 02, 2017

Faith, nature and natural living

Review by Maura Zagrans If I could, I would thrust a copy of Wendell Berry...

May 01, 2017

Live like an angel now to live like an angel; Angels: Day 282

In his commentary on the Apostles’ Creed, Rufinus of Aquileia explains what Christ means when he...

May 01, 2017

Off the Shelf 021 with Charlie McKinney

Charlie McKinney, president of Sophia Institute Press, stopped by to talk about the problems with youth...

April 2017

April 30, 2017

Living an angel’s life on earth; Angels: Day 281

Recalling a holy monk who was well known for his ascetic life, St. Ambrose says that...

April 29, 2017

Make the angels rejoice; Angels: 280

St. Ambrose, bishop of the empire’s administrative capital of Milan, was never shy about advising even...

April 28, 2017

Rediscover the power of the Mass

The Mass is an integral part of the Catholic faith. Our tradition regarding the celebration...

April 28, 2017

Invest in the poor; Angels: Day 279

The sure way to earn a good return, says St. Cyril of Alexandria, is to...

April 27, 2017

Be an angel in adversity; Angels: Day 278

Christ came, says St. Augustine, so that we might live as angels. What does that mean?...

April 26, 2017

Keep to the straight and narrow; Angels: Day 277

Human integrity, says St. Cyril of Alexandria, is not the same as the integrity of...

April 25, 2017

Virginity is heaven on earth; Angels: Day 276

Consecrated virginity, says St. Gregory of Nyssa, is something like Heaven on Earth. Christ promised that...

April 25, 2017

CBB Review: Brigid and the Butter

Brigid and the Butter: A Legend about St. Brigid of Ireland is retold by Pamela...

April 24, 2017

Living the resurrected life; Angels: Day 275

Those who have taken vows of chastity, says St. Ambrose, are living the life of the...

April 24, 2017

Off the Shelf 020 with guest Timothy O’Malley

If you missed this past Saturday’s show you can listen to the archive now. Timothy...

April 23, 2017

Virginity is to marriage as angel is to human; Angels: Day 274

God forbid we should say anything against marriage, says St. John of Damascus. After all,...

April 22, 2017

Choosing an angel’s life; Angels: Day 273

St. Augustine writes to express his joy at hearing that the daughter of an illustrious...

April 21, 2017

Living like the angels; Angels: Day 272

St. Macrina, a great Christian teacher, showed her own mother how to live a life of...

April 20, 2017

Angels appear when you winnow the wheat; Angels: Day 271

You’re not likely to receive the inner truths of the Lord, says St. Gregory the Great,...

April 20, 2017

Experience the Eucharist through the eyes of the early church

One of the main things that separate us Catholics from our Christian brethren is the...

April 19, 2017

Fasting makes us angels – but prayer comes; Angels: Day 270

Fasting, says St. John Chrysostom, is an extraordinarily powerful thing. It makes us mortals into angels,...

April 18, 2017

The angelic virtue of detachment; Angels: Day 269

Why does God let bad things happen to good people? Dionysius the Areopagite tells us that...

April 17, 2017

Leave greed behind to be equal to the angels; Angels: Day 268

There are countless poor people and only a few rich. So why did the apostles, all...

April 17, 2017

Off the Shelf 019 with guest Scott Hurd

If you missed this past Saturday’s show you can listen to the archive now. Scott...

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