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2017-01-22T11:55:49-05:00

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Lower than the angels, but served by them; Angels: Day 189

Last updated on: January 22, 2017 at 11:55 am By Pete Socks

When Christ was a humble Galilean carpenter, says St. Ambrose, he was still Lord of all the angels. The Incarnation took nothing away from his divinity. So the Son of God was made lower than not only the Father, but angels as well. Do you think that dishonors him? Then is the Son, as God, less than his angels who serve him and minister to him? You see how, when you try to diminish his honor, you run into the blasphemy... Read more

A Year with the Angels

Mike Aquilina

Saint Ambrose

Saint Benedict Press

2017-01-25T21:37:07-05:00

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CBB Review: Racketeer for Life

Last updated on: January 25, 2017 at 9:37 pm By Pete Socks

Joseph Scheidler is an important figure in the pro-life movement. If you have never heard of him, than you are missing out on a key part of the last 40 years of pro-life activism. Joe is the founder and National Director of the Pro-Life Action League. He has been can the godfather of pro-life activism and now you can read his story in his new book Racketeer for Life: Fighting the Culture of Death from the Sidewalk to the Supreme... Read more

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Joseph Scheidler

Pro-Life Action League

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Racketeer for Life

Tan Books

2017-01-22T11:14:33-05:00

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God leads us past the angels to himself; Angels: Day 188

Last updated on: January 22, 2017 at 11:14 am By Pete Socks

The angels are immortal and blessed, says St. Augustine, but it’s not their nature that we will share in Heaven. By becoming a man, God leads us to share the nature of the Trinity, which is the very source of the angels’ immortality and blessedness. I do not say that Christ is Mediator because he is the Word, for as the Word he is supremely blessed and supremely immortal, and therefore far from miserable mortals. But he is Mediator... Read more

A Year with the Angels

Mike Aquilina

Saint Augustine

Saint Benedict Press

2017-01-22T11:05:47-05:00

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Christ was made less than angels; Angels: Day 187

Last updated on: January 22, 2017 at 11:05 am By Pete Socks

Arguing against heretics who denied that the Son was equal to the Father, St. Ambrose marvels at the pride of people who would judge God. Yet the most wonderful thing of all is not that the Son is equal to the Father, but that he made himself less than the angels for our sake. They say he is inferior: I ask, who has measured it? Who has such an extravagantly proud heart, as to place the Father and the Son... Read more

A Year with the Angels

Mike Aquilina

Saint Ambrose

Saint Benedict Press

2017-01-23T19:12:58-05:00

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YOU can help Pope Francis help the poor

Last updated on: January 23, 2017 at 7:12 pm By Pete Socks

Have you heard of the new giving platform from the Pontifical Mission Societies? It provides a unique opportunity for you to help those around the world in the greatest of need. Pope Francis continues to call upon us to serve the poor and those most in need of hope and healing. Catholics have long expressed their solidarity with the poor through their support of the Pontifical Mission Societies. Now, thanks to a dynamic, new crowdfunding platform called MISSIO, people with... Read more

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2017-01-15T11:12:14-05:00

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Demons recognize Christ but do not know him; Angels: Day 186

Last updated on: January 15, 2017 at 11:12 am By Pete Socks

Christ revealed enough of himself to the demons so that they would fear and obey him, says St. Augustine. But they didn’t know him the way he is known by the holy angels, who love his righteousness and share his eternal life. The devils themselves knew this manifestation of God so well that they said to the Lord, though he was clothed with the infirmity of flesh, “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to... Read more

A Year with the Angels

Mike Aquilina

Saint Augustine

Saint Benedict Press

2017-01-15T11:07:52-05:00

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At his humblest, Christ was served by angels; Angels: Day 185

Last updated on: January 15, 2017 at 11:07 am By Pete Socks

There’s no contradiction, says St. Ambrose, between saying that Christ was humble and saying that he was Lord of all the powers of Heaven. The Incarnation, though it made him a humble human being, did not affect his divinity. Let us not be troubled if we find the Son of Man called mighty in one place, and yet read in another that the Lord of glory was crucified. What might is greater than sovereignty over the powers of Heaven? But this... Read more

A Year with the Angels

Mike Aquilina

Saint Ambrose

Saint Benedict Press

2017-01-15T10:35:49-05:00

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The threefold temptation of Christ; Angels: Day 184

Last updated on: January 15, 2017 at 10:35 am By Pete Socks

St. Augustine gives us an analysis of the temptation of Christ, showing how Satan tried to appeal to Christ’s hunger, his vanity, and his curiosity. The temptation of the Lord Man was threefold: By food: that is, by the lust of the flesh, where he suggests, “command these stones to become loaves of bread” (Matt. 4:3). By vain boasting, where, when stationed on a mountain, all the kingdoms of this earth are shown him, and promised if he would worship... Read more

A Year with the Angels

Mike Aquilina

Saint Augustine

Saint Benedict Press

2017-01-15T10:23:11-05:00

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“Angel” was his job not his nature; Angels: Day 183

Last updated on: January 15, 2017 at 10:23 am By Pete Socks

Some even in the time of Christ thought John the Baptist was a heavenly angel in the form of a man. The word “angel” is from the Greek word for “messenger,” and Greek makes no distinction between “angel” and “messenger.” Thus St. Cyril has to explain that “messenger” is John’s job description, not his nature. There was already a rumor going around that the holy Baptist was not really a man by nature, but one of the holy angels in Heaven,... Read more

A Year with the Angels

Mike Aquilina

Saint Benedict Press

Saint Cyril of Alexandria

2017-01-19T22:35:09-05:00

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Weekly Giveaway – Help for Suffering Humanity

Last updated on: January 19, 2017 at 10:35 pm By Pete Socks

This week one lucky winner will receive a copy of Help for Suffering Humanity: Mary, Help of Christians by the Rosary Doctor, Brian Kiczek, sponsored by Hope and Life Press (you can read my review here).I use Rafflecopter to run my giveaways which makes it simple for you and me. The contest begins now and ends next Friday 1/27 with a winner been chosen that day, enter below! a Rafflecopter giveaway Read more

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Brian Kiczek

Help for Suffering Humanity

Hope and Life Press

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