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2017-12-04T06:58:43-05:00

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Everything in good order; Church Fathers: Day 134

Last updated on: December 4, 2017 at 6:58 am By Pete Socks

St. Clement of Rome tells us that we’re all different for a reason. Not everyone is cut out to be a leader, but we all have different gifts, and the Church needs all of us. We should try to use the gifts we’ve been given, knowing that every gift—no matter how insignificant it seems—is equally important to the Church. So, as men and brothers, let us energetically play the part of soldiers, following his holy commandments. Think of those who... Read more

A Year with the Church Fathers

Church Fathers

Mike Aquilina

Saint Benedict Press

Saint Clement of Rome

2017-12-04T06:38:12-05:00

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Don’t try to limit God; Church Fathers: Day 133

Last updated on: December 4, 2017 at 6:38 am By Pete Socks

God is always beyond the grasp of our reason, as St. Hilary of Poitiers tells us. Yet we can work toward understanding It is the Father to whom all existence owes its origin. In Christ and through Christ he is the source of all. In contrast to all else he is self-existent. He does not draw his being from without, but possesses it from himself and in himself. He is infinite, for nothing contains him and he contains all things;... Read more

A Year with the Church Fathers

Church Fathers

Mike Aquilina

Saint Benedict Press

Saint Hilary of Poitiers

2017-12-07T11:56:08-05:00

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Off the Shelf 049 with Phillip Campbell – Heroes and Heretics

Last updated on: December 7, 2017 at 11:56 am By Pete Socks

Phillip Campbell holds a BA in European History from Ave Maria University and a certificate in Secondary Education through Madonna University. He taught history and Scripture for the St. Augustine Homeschool Enrichment Program for ten years. Mr. Campbell is the author of the popular ” Story of Civilization” series by TAN Books. He recently joined the Catholic History Textbook Project. Mr. Campbell’s writings have appeared in the St. Austin Review and The Distributist Review. He is also the star of... Read more

The Story of Civilization

2017-12-02T06:41:03-05:00

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Let reason console you for your losses; Church Fathers: Day 132

Last updated on: December 2, 2017 at 6:41 am By Pete Socks

Writing to a widowed noblewoman, Theodoret tells her that reason will be a consolation in her loss. Even the philosophers knew by reason that life is transitory, and we know by revelation that there will be a resurrection. I would have written long before if I had heard of the death of your grace’s honorable husband. I’m not writing now to lull your great sorrow to sleep with soothing words—those are not necessary. If you have learned the wisdom of... Read more

A Year with the Church Fathers

Church Fathers

Mike Aquilina. Saint Benedict Press

Theodoret

2017-12-02T06:33:02-05:00

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Loss is only temporary; Church Fathers: Day 131

Last updated on: December 2, 2017 at 6:33 am By Pete Socks

This isn’t the sort of thing we usually hear at a funeral these days, but perhaps it should be. At the funeral of his father, St. Gregory Nazianzen tells his mother that the true Christian bears the loss of a loved one with fortitude because he knows that the separation is only for a short time. Does the feeling of separation cause you pain? Let hope cheer you. Is widowhood sorrowful to you? It is not to him. And what... Read more

A Year with the Church Fathers

Church Fathers

Mike Aquilina

Saint Benedict Press

Saint Gregory Nazianzen

2017-12-01T06:56:29-05:00

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Work through your grief; Church Fathers: Day 130

Last updated on: December 1, 2017 at 6:56 am By Pete Socks

To a congregation that had lost its pastor, St. Basil sends his condolences. Grief is natural, he says, but we have to work through our grief and do what needs to be done. Following an ancient custom, which has been in force for many years, and at the same time showing you love in God, which is the fruit of the Spirit, I now send this letter to you, my pious friends. I feel with you both in your grief... Read more

A Year with the Church Fathers

2017-11-29T06:52:01-05:00

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Beware of depression; Church Fathers: Day 129

Last updated on: November 29, 2017 at 6:52 am By Pete Socks

Are you feeling gloomy? That’s good if it leads you to repent your sins, says St. John Cassian. Otherwise, depression poisons our spiritual lives. You can know whether it’s the good kind or the bad kind by its fruits. There is another still worse kind of depression, that does not lead the guilty soul to any change of life or correction of faults, but into the most destructive despair—the despair that did not make Cain repent after murdering his brother,... Read more

A Year with the Church Fathers

2017-11-29T06:46:07-05:00

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Work for the Kingdom is never wasted; Church Fathers: Day 128

Last updated on: November 29, 2017 at 6:46 am By Pete Socks

When we work, says St. Basil, we do it for the sake of the good things that will come from our work. But only work for holiness and truth can never disappoint us, because it always leads to the good things we hope for. Toil in the field is no novelty to farmers. Sailors are not surprised to run into a storm at sea. The hired hand expects to sweat in the summer heat. And to those who live a... Read more

A Year with the Church Fathers

Church Fathers

Mike Aquilina

Mike Aquilina. Saint Benedict Press

Saint Basil

2017-11-28T08:15:06-05:00

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Off the Shelf 048 with Fr Terry Ehrman – Man of God

Last updated on: November 28, 2017 at 8:15 am By Pete Socks

Father Terry P. Ehrman, CSC is the assistant director for life science research and outreach at the Center for Theology, Science, and Human Flourishing at the University of Notre Dame. He investigates the relationship between theology and science, particularly the life sciences of ecology and evolution. His interests include understanding who God is as Creator, who we are as creatures, and what our relationship is to God, ourselves, and the natural world. Fr. Terry has a B.S. in biology from... Read more

2017-11-28T06:44:40-05:00

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Trust God’s promises, and take what comes; Church Fathers: Day 127

Last updated on: November 28, 2017 at 6:44 am By Pete Socks

When Jesus was transfigured, says St. Gregory the Great, Peter wanted to live in that glory forever. But the time was not right. We have work to do here before we can live in glory with Jesus forever. The Apostle Peter was excited by the revelation of these mysteries. He despised what was mundane and scorned what was earthly, and he was filled with a sort of frenzied craving for what was eternal. Filled with rapture at the whole vision,... Read more

A Year with the Church Fathers

Church Fathers

Mike Aquilina

Saint Benedict Press

Saint Gregory the Great

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