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March 2017

March 25, 2017

We dig our own ditch, Angels: Day 245

When the rich man in Christ’s parable begs that Lazarus give him just a little water,...

March 24, 2017

Taste and see, Angels: Day 244

The holy angels drink from the sweetness of God, says St. Ambrose—but the sweetness is hidden...

March 23, 2017

Unlike angels, sometimes we’re wrong, Angels: Day 243

St. Augustine points out that St. Cyprian was wrong about some things—but he was wrong in...

March 22, 2017

Show the world how angels live, Angels: Day 242

If we live the angelic life here on earth, says St. John Chrysostom, that will...

March 21, 2017

Friendship makes angels rejoice and lulls demons Angels: Day 241

St. John Chrysostom compares friendship to the music of a harp or orchestra, where different notes...

March 20, 2017

Good people are worth more than bad angels, Angels: Day 240

Just as you’d rather have gold than fleas, even though fleas are higher on the...

March 19, 2017

Good deeds are like angels protecting us; Angels: Day 239

Angels protecting Lot struck the men who would attack him blind, so that they could not...

March 18, 2017

Suffer a little while, be with the angels forever; Angels: Day 238

The Holy Spirit is called the Comforter, says St. Cyril of Jerusalem, because he does exactly...

March 17, 2017

No one can hurt you; Angels: Day 237

If you’re a Christian, says St. John Chrysostom, no one can really hurt you—not even the...

March 16, 2017

Sickness may be your angel in the way; Angels: Day 236

In the Bible’s most famous talking-animal story, Balaam is riding to curse Israel, but his ass...

March 15, 2017

The angel of the Lord driving us on; Angels: Day 235

When misfortunes strike us, says St. Gregory the Great, we’re very likely to despair—a tendency represented...

March 14, 2017

Angels our fellow servants; Angels: Day 234

St. Basil the Great replies to those who would make the Holy Spirit something less than...

March 13, 2017

Friendship with angels is useless without charity; Angels: Day 233

The struggles between Christians and the Donatist sect had become violent, and two Donatists had died,...

March 12, 2017

The keys of heaven; Angels: Day 232

Who has the authority to promise the keys of Heaven? Not an angel, says St. Cyril...

March 11, 2017

Simeon the Pole-sitter, an angel on earth; Angels: Day 231

Simeon Stylites (“of the pillar”) attempted to live the life of the angels on earth—by removing...

March 10, 2017

An army of angels; Angels: Day 230

The Gothic leader Gainas tried to make himself master of the whole Roman Empire. Constantinople, the...

March 09, 2017

Trusting in the angels; Angels: Day 229

When Constantinople was menaced by a Persian attack, the report of a message from the...

March 08, 2017

Trust Christ, and the angels will defend you; Angels: Day 228

When Satan dared Jesus to throw himself off a tower, he quoted Scripture, saying that the...

March 07, 2017

“By this symbol, conquer”; Angels: Day 227

Many historians have told the story of Constantine’s conversion. Sozomen says that angels explained his vision of...

March 06, 2017

Encounters with angels; Angels: 226

Two ancient anecdotes of Egyptian monks tell of their encounters with angels. Whether their visions were...

March 05, 2017

Angels help the holy; Angels: Day 225

A legend of an especially holy Egyptian monk shows us the strength of the early Christians’...

March 04, 2017

Whoever is holy pushes us on to God; Angels: Day 224

Our happiness will never be found in another person or in an angel, says St. Augustine....

March 03, 2017

Remember the angels that surround you; Angels: Day 023

Angels are literally everywhere, says St. Hilary of Poitiers—even within us. Whenever we’re tempted toward evil,...

March 02, 2017

God acts in the angels; Angels: Day 222

Whether God acts directly or through the angels, says St. Augustine, it is God acting. An...

March 01, 2017

The Lord always delivers; Angels: Day 221

The Lord sent an angel to rescue Peter from prison. Then why didn’t he send an angel...

February 2017

February 28, 2017

In solitude, but not alone; Angels: Day 220

St. Ambrose recognizes that, when he seems to be completely alone, he is never alone. Mary...

February 27, 2017

Angels visit when you’re alone; Angels: Day 219

Sulpitius Severus visited the holy hermits of the desert in Egypt. They told him a story...

February 26, 2017

When angels hear us, God hears us in them; Angels: Day 218

God does work miracles, St. Augustine says, but all according to his unchanging will. We can...

February 25, 2017

Angels hear our prayers; Angels: Day 217

Why do we pray when God already knows what we need? Perhaps, says St. Augustine, we...

February 24, 2017

Only the virtuous earn angel guides; Angels: Day 216

Lazarus, the poor man in Jesus’ parable (Luke 16:19-31) never cursed his evil fate or blamed...

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