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2018-02-07T07:16:24-05:00

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Listen to God in your elders; Church Fathers: Day 197

Last updated on: February 7, 2018 at 7:16 am By Pete Socks

St. Augustine tells a familiar tale of peer pressure. As a teenager, he was ashamed to be thought of as a “good boy,” so he ignored the advice of his mother. Many years later, he realized that God was speaking to him through her warnings. Whose words were they, God, but yours that your poured into my ears by my mother, your faithful servant? None of them sank into my heart to change my behavior. For she told me—I remember... Read more

A Year with the Church Fathers

Church Fathers

Mike Aquilina. Saint Benedict Press

Saint Augustine

2018-02-06T06:38:39-05:00

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Flee to the Church; Church Fathers: Day 196

Last updated on: February 6, 2018 at 6:38 am By Pete Socks

St. Irenaeus of Lyons was an expert on heresies—you might say he wrote the book on them. Everyone who thinks he’s smarter than the Church, says St. Irenaeus, is doomed to failure. To keep from being caught up in that failure, we should run to the Church and stay there. Those who desert the preaching of the Church call into question the teachings of the holy elders. They don’t even consider how much more a religious man is worth—even in... Read more

A Year with the Church Fathers

Church Fathers

Mike Aquilina. Saint Benedict Press

Saint Irenaeus

2018-02-05T07:02:47-05:00

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Off the Shelf 058 with James Papandrea – From Star Wars to Superman

Last updated on: February 5, 2018 at 7:02 am By Pete Socks

Jim Papandrea is a teacher, author, speaker, and musician. After graduating from the University of Minnesota with a bachelor’s degree in music and theatre arts, Jim went on to receive his M.Div. degree from Fuller Theological Seminary, with a concentration in youth ministry, then spent several years in full time ministry, focusing on youth and music ministry, and serving as a consultant in youth ministry. Jim holds a Ph.D. in the history and theology of the early Christian church from... Read more

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From Star Wars to Superman

James Papandrea

Sophia Institute Press

2018-02-05T06:45:40-05:00

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Eat from the right fruit; Church Fathers: Day 195

Last updated on: February 5, 2018 at 6:45 am By Pete Socks

St. Irenaeus of Lyons warns us against people who claim to know what they can’t possibly know. Listen to the teaching of the Church, and ignore those who claim to know better. The Church has been planted in this world like a Garden of Eden. Thus the Spirit of God says, “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden” (Genesis 2:16)—that is, “Eat from every Scripture of the Lord, but you must not eat with a proud mind,... Read more

A Year with the Church Fathers

2019-01-22T15:42:46-05:00

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Hauntings, Possessions, and Exorcisms

Last updated on: January 22, 2019 at 3:42 pm By Pete Socks

Review by Pete Socks I have often written and in my podcasts spoken of, the very real battle surrounding all of us. Spiritual warfare is real. When it is said that the devil prowls around the earth looking to ruin the souls of man……it’s true. Adam Blai explains the demonic in his must-read book Hauntings, Possessions, and Exorcisms. What Adam does in this book is offer a guide for readers to understand how to defend themselves against the demonic. You... Read more

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Adam Blai

Emmaus Road Publishing

Hauntings Possessions and Exorcisms

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2018-02-04T06:35:36-05:00

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Submit to the teaching of the Church; Church Fathers: Day 194

Last updated on: February 4, 2018 at 6:35 am By Pete Socks

The book of Tobit is one of the Old Testament books left out of the Jewish canon; yet although St. Jerome tended to agree with the Jews, he believed it was more important to submit to the decision of the bishops, as he says here in a letter accompanying his translation of the book. One man can’t set Church doctrine aside, no matter how smart he is. Jerome, to Cromatius and Heliodorus, bishops in the Lord: Salutations. I never cease... Read more

A Year with the Church Fathers

2018-02-03T06:51:32-05:00

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Love unity, avoid divisions; Church Fathers: Day 193

Last updated on: February 3, 2018 at 6:51 am By Pete Socks

St. Ignatius of Antioch tells the church in Magnesia, which had suffered from divisive politics, that God is not to be found in strife and division. When I was with you, I shouted, I spoke with a loud voice, “Listen to the bishop, and to the priests and deacons.” Some suspected that I said this because I had inside information beforehand about the division caused by some among you. But he for whose sake I am in captivity is my... Read more

A Year with the Church Fathers

Church Fathers

Mike Aquilina. Saint Benedict Press

Saint Ignatius of Antioch

2018-02-02T07:09:09-05:00

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Follow this rule: universality, antiquity, consent; Church Fathers: Day 192

Last updated on: February 2, 2018 at 7:09 am By Pete Socks

How do we know what belief is truly Catholic? St. Vincent of Lerins gives us a simple rule to tell us when we’re safely within the bounds of Catholic truth. In the Catholic Church itself, moreover, we must take all possible care to hold that faith that has been believed in all places, at all times, by all. What is truly and in the strictest sense “Catholic” is—as the name itself and the reason for it tell us—what takes in... Read more

A Year with the Church Fathers

Church Fathers

Mike Aquilina. Saint Benedict Press

Saint Vincent of Lerins

2018-02-01T19:07:59-05:00

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Trust the whole church, not the loner; Church Fathers: Day 191

Last updated on: February 1, 2018 at 7:07 pm By Pete Socks

With withering sarcasm, St. Pacian tramples the arguments of the Novatians, a sect that said no one could repent after baptism. When one loner disagrees with the whole Catholic Church, it seems more likely that the whole Church is right. The whole treatise of the Novatians, which you have addressed to me thronged with propositions on all sides, amounts to this, brother Sympronian: that there is no room for repentance after baptism; that the Church cannot remit mortal sin; that... Read more

A Year with the Church Fathers

2018-01-31T11:15:43-05:00

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Honor your parents and you honor God; Church Fathers: Day 190

Last updated on: January 31, 2018 at 11:15 am By Pete Socks

St. Cyril of Jerusalem tells us that honoring our parents is the first virtue of a Christian. Whatever we do for our parents, we can never repay them for their gift of life to us. But while we honor our heavenly Father, let us also honor the fathers of our flesh. For when our fathers on earth are of a contrary mind to our Father in heaven, then we must obey Christ’s word. But when they do not stand in... Read more

A Year with the Church Fathers

Church Fathers

Mike Aquilina

Saint Benedict Press

Saint Cyril of Jerusalem

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