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October 2016

October 21, 2016

The modesty of Daniel; Angels: Day 092

The modesty of Daniel Daniel, says St. Ephrem the Syrian, was afraid even to approach...

October 20, 2016

Angels come to the virtuous; Angels: Day 091

Angels come to the virtuous St. Ambrose recalls the story of Samson’s birth in Judges...

October 19, 2016

Sleep humbly and dream of angels; Angels: Day 090

Sleep humbly and dream of angels Jacob had a stone for his pillow when he...

October 18, 2016

Christ above and below; Angels: Day 089

Christ above and below Christ, says St. Augustine, is both above in Heaven and below...

October 17, 2016

Angels ascending and descending; Angels: Day 088

In Jacob’s ladder, with angels ascending and descending, St. Augustine sees an image of the...

October 16, 2016

Christ at Jacob’s head; Angels: Day 087

Christ at Jacob's head When Jacob saw his vision of angels on a ladder to...

October 15, 2016

Sleep with your head on a stone; Angels: Day 086

Sleep with your head on a stone Jacob lay with his head on a stone,...

October 14, 2016

Anointing the stone; Angels: Day 085

Anointing the stone When Jacob had his vision of the angels on the ladder, he...

October 13, 2016

The strange case of Sodom; Angels: Day 084

The strange case of Sodom The unnatural lust of the Sodomites, says St. Ephrem the...

October 12, 2016

How to treat your guests; Angels: Day 083

How to treat your guests St. Cyril of Alexandria has some advice for those who...

October 11, 2016

Make your house Christ’s hotel; Angels: Day 082

Make your house Christ's hotel Abraham, says St. John Chrysostom, didn’t know he was receiving Christ ...

October 10, 2016

Entertaining angels; Angels: Day 081

Entertaining angels “Some have entertained angels unawares”: the only way to do that, says St. John...

October 09, 2016

Imitate Abraham’s hospitality; Angels: Day 080

Imitate Abraham's hospitality St. John Chrysostom tells his flock to look actively for opportunities to...

October 08, 2016

When angels speak, God speaks; Angels: Day 079

When angels speak, God speaks When one of God’s messengers speaks, says St. Augustine, the words...

October 07, 2016

God gave us and the angels free will; Angels: Day 078

God gave us and the angels free will St. Justin Martyr says that God gave...

October 06, 2016

The devil has free will – and so have we; Angels: Day 077

The devil has free will - and so have we God made Satan good, says...

October 05, 2016

Why didn’t God prevent evil?; Angels: Day 076

Why didn't God prevent evil? Couldn’t God have made creation so that evil never happened? Yes, ...

October 04, 2016

Reason tells us God is our Ruler: Angels, Day 075

Reason tells us God is our Ruler Against heretics who claimed that angels or a...

October 03, 2016

God was in charge of creation, Angels: Day 074

God was in charge of creation Some heretics have believed that the devil and his...

October 02, 2016

Day and night, Angels: Day 073

02Day and night St. Gregory the Great sees an image of Satan in the “day”...

October 01, 2016

The right and left hands of God, Angels: Day 072

The right and left hands of God The heavenly host stands at the right and...

September 2016

September 30, 2016

Light and darkness, Angels: Day 071

Light and darkness Genesis 1:4 says that “God separated the light from the darkness”; St....

September 29, 2016

The saints will take the place of the fallen angels, Angels: Day 070

The saints will take the place of the fallen angels When Satan and his followers...

September 28, 2016

The mystery of the Seraphim, Angels: Day 069

The mystery of the Seraphim St. Ephrem the Syrian poetically describes the mysteries of divine...

September 27, 2016

When did God make angels?, Angels: Day 068

When did God make angels? St. Augustine notes that Bible scholars don’t agree on what it...

September 26, 2016

The inner speech of spiritual beings, Angels: Day 067

The inner speech of spiritual beings When Scripture says that the Lord “speaks” to an...

September 25, 2016

God speaks to angels in their contemplation, Angels: Day 066

God speaks to angels in their contemplation God doesn’t really give verbal commands to the angels,...

September 24, 2016

Angels speak to God in admiration, Angels: Day 065

Angels speak to God in admiration How do angels “speak” to God? Their love and...

September 23, 2016

“Not even the angels in Heaven”, Angels: Day 064

"Not even the angels in Heaven" As Scripture tells us, not even the angels in...

September 22, 2016

Even angels don’t see the essence of God, Angels: Day 063

Even angels don't see the essence of God Angels are spiritual beings that live in...

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