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2018-07-21T05:23:00-05:00

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Pray for the straying; Church Fathers: Day 346

Last updated on: July 21, 2018 at 5:23 am By Pete Socks

St. Gregory the Great urges his congregation not to fall into the trap of the Manichean heresy. But he also urges them to pray for the heretics. We should pray constantly that all who have strayed will be brought back to the Lord. We deplore the blasphemy of those who deny that Christ was truly human—about whom the blessed Apostle John forewarned us in a crystal-clear saying: “every spirit which confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is... Read more

A Year with the Church Fathers

Church Fathers

Mike Aquilina

Saint Benedict Press

Saint Gregory the Great

2018-07-17T05:57:52-05:00

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Pray for the straying; Church Fathers: Day 345

Last updated on: July 17, 2018 at 5:57 am By Pete Socks

A Year with the Church Fathers

Church Fathers

Mike Aquilina

Saint Benedict Press

Saint Gregory the Great

2019-01-22T15:48:55-05:00

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It’s time to rethink happiness

Last updated on: January 22, 2019 at 3:48 pm By Pete Socks

Society has a broken idea of what happiness truly is. We are told that the hot new gadget or a faster, sportier vehicle paves the way to our joy and fulfillment. Unfortunately, we often follow this path and discover ourselves just as empty as we were before and even emptier in our wallets. In his book Rethink Happiness: Dare to Embrace God and Experience True Joy, author Paul George shows readers how to shun this misconception and life truly joyous... Read more

2018-07-15T05:38:20-05:00

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Let your struggles help others; Church Fathers: Day 344

Last updated on: July 15, 2018 at 5:38 am By Pete Socks

The desert fathers, St. John Cassian tells us, had a custom of revealing their most intimate spiritual struggles to beginning monks. By revealing our own struggles, we can help others facing the same problem. I thought it was a good idea to mention these things in this little work of mine, so that we might learn, not only by reason, but also by examples, about the force of temptations and the order of the sins that hurt an unfortunate soul,... Read more

A Year with the Church Fathers

2018-07-15T05:35:18-05:00

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Rethink Happiness on Off the Shelf Episode 081

Last updated on: July 15, 2018 at 5:35 am By Pete Socks

On this episode of Off the Shelf Paul George and I dig into what is true happiness. In our consumeristic society many people seek happiness through material goods but come up empty every time. As Paul says in his book Rethink Happiness: Dare to Embrace God and Experience True Joy, “I spent the first twenty years of my life seeking things that didn’t satisfy me – things that were counterfeit.” Listen in and learn how to fill that God shaped... Read more

2018-07-14T06:20:40-05:00

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Save souls through service; Church Fathers: Day 343

Last updated on: July 14, 2018 at 6:20 am By Pete Socks

Palladius of Galatia tells the story of an ascetic who met a man and woman who were actors—a notoriously immoral profession in those days. Wishing to save them for Christ, he took the extreme measure of selling himself to them as a slave. The fathers used to tell how, taking a female ascetic as his accomplice, Serapion sold himself to some Greek actors in a certain city for twenty pieces of money. And having sealed up the money he kept... Read more

A Year with the Church Fathers

Church Fathers

Mike Aquilina

Palladius of Galatia

2018-07-13T05:50:10-05:00

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Bring your neighbors to church: Church Fathers: Day 342

Last updated on: July 13, 2018 at 5:50 am By Pete Socks

Why do our churches seem half-empty sometimes? Why are our neighbors staying home from Mass? St. John Chrysostom warns us that the real blame is not with those who stayed away, but with us who went to church and didn’t bring our neighbors with us. It seems I did no good with the long harangue I addressed to you a while ago, hoping to rouse up your enthusiasm for the meetings here. Once again our church is destitute of her... Read more

A Year with the Church Fathers

Church Fathers

Mike Aquilina

Saint Benedict Press

Saint John Chrysostom

2018-07-11T05:54:37-05:00

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You are the soul of the world; Church Fathers: Day 341

Last updated on: July 11, 2018 at 5:54 am By Pete Socks

The unknown author of this letter simply calls himself a “Mathetes,” a “disciple.” Here he tells a pagan friend that Christians are like the soul of the world. To sum up: what the soul is to the body, that is what Christians are to the world. The soul is scattered through all the members of the body, and Christians are scattered through all the cities of the world. The soul lives in the body but is not part of the... Read more

A Year with the Church Fathers

2018-07-10T05:43:57-05:00

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Keep trying to spread the Good News; Church Fathers: Day 340

Last updated on: July 10, 2018 at 5:43 am By Pete Socks

“You’re not getting through to them,” people might tell us. But persistence wins the day, says St. John Chrysostom. If everyone gave up after the first failure, how would the world go on? There are some who relax the zeal of others by derision and ridicule, saying, “Stop giving advice; leave off warning; they are not listening to you: you have no fellow-feeling with them.” Haven’t I persuaded them today? But I shall persuade, perhaps, tomorrow. Or even if not... Read more

A Year with the Church Fathers

Church Fathers

Mike Aquilina

Saint Benedict Press

Saint John Chrysostom

2019-01-22T15:48:35-05:00

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Discovering good Catholic fiction – Off the Shelf 080

Last updated on: January 22, 2019 at 3:48 pm By Pete Socks

There is a niche in the Catholic publishing world that has steadily gained a foothold in the years since I began reviewing books. That niche is Catholic fiction. What makes good Catholic fiction? A great story and gentle nudges towards Church teachings without being heavy handed. Fiorella de Maria has perfected the method and this week we talk about Catholic fiction, why it matters, and how it has grown. We do this while taking a look at a number of... Read more

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Do No Harm. Father Gabriel Mystery

Fiorella de Maria

Ignatius Press

Poor Banished Children

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