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2017-01-15T10:18:09-05:00

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“Increased in wisdom and stature”; Angels: Day 182

Last updated on: January 15, 2017 at 10:18 am By Pete Socks

What does it mean when Luke says that the child Jesus “increased in wisdom and stature”? St. Athanasius says that the Word of God could not grow any more perfect; but the human body grew, and as Jesus grew older the people around him understood his wisdom more and more. “And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature, and in favor with God and man” (Luke 2:52). If he “increases” in being the Word, what more can he become than Word... Read more

A Year with the Angels

Mike Aquilina

Saint Athanasius

Saint Benedict Press

2017-01-18T22:47:26-05:00

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CBB Review – Help for Suffering Humanity: Mary Help of Christians

Last updated on: January 18, 2017 at 10:47 pm By Pete Socks

They say good things come in small packages. I’d like to add that powerful books come in small page counts. Such is the case with a book I recently read called Help for Suffering Humanity: Mary, Help of Christians by the Rosary Doctor, Brian Kiczek. What he has done to promote the numerous ways in which the Blessed Virgin Mary has helped, and continues to help mankind in just a short 75 pages is nothing short of remarkable. He leads... Read more

Review

Brian Kiczek

Help for Suffering Humanity

Hope and Life Press

Mary

The Rosary Doctor

2017-01-15T10:13:19-05:00

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Angels join us in Christmas praise; Angels: Day 181

Last updated on: January 15, 2017 at 10:13 am By Pete Socks

In a hymn for the Christmas vigil, St. Ephrem the Syrian expresses his astonishment that angels and archangels joined with human beings to praise Christ. In our Christmas hymns, we are the companions of the Seraphim. On his feast day, let us tell of the birth of the First-Born. On his day, he gives us secret comforts. If the wicked king at his feast, in memory of his own birthday, gave the gift of wrath, the head (of John the... Read more

A Year with the Angels

Mike Aquilina

Saint Benedict Press

Saint Ephrem

2019-01-22T15:33:24-05:00

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CBB Review – Will Wilder: The Relic of the Perilous Falls

Last updated on: January 22, 2019 at 3:33 pm By Pete Socks

Last March well-known EWTN host Raymond Arroyo released a book that some, including myself, were not expecting. We have come used to seeing Raymond pen books about and with his dear friend Mother Angelica. This book, however, was a new territory for Raymond and even an entirely new target audience. The book is entitled Will Wilder: The Relic of Perilous Falls and is aimed at those in the pre-teen to the teenage bracket. The book has received much praise and... Read more

Teen Review

Crown Books

Raymond Arroyo

The Relic of the Perilous Falls

Will WIlder

2017-01-15T10:07:56-05:00

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The Lord of hosts is with us; Angels: Day 180

Last updated on: January 15, 2017 at 10:07 am By Pete Socks

As the psalm says, not just an angel, not just a host of angels, but the Lord of all the angels is with us—the Lord who came to make us equal to the angels. What can we possibly fear, St. Augustine asks, if we have the Lord himself on our side? The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge (Ps. 46:7). Not any man, not any power, not, in short, an angel, or any creature... Read more

A Year with the Angels

Mike Aquilina

Saint Augustine

Saint Benedict Press

2017-01-02T20:22:18-05:00

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A little child, commander of angels; Angels: Day 179

Last updated on: January 2, 2017 at 8:22 pm By Pete Socks

St. Ephrem the Syrian meditates on what it meant for the Lord of all to be a human child. Even as a baby crawling on the floor, Christ was in command of all the multitudes of angels. When it bore him, the sea was calm. How could the lap of Joseph bear him? The womb of hell conceived him and burst open. How could the womb of Mary contain him? He broke open the stone that was over his grave by his might.... Read more

A Year with the Angels

Mike Aquilina

Saint Benedict Press

Saint Ephrem the Syrian

2017-01-15T09:34:08-05:00

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CBB Interview with Gina Loehr

Last updated on: January 15, 2017 at 9:34 am By Pete Socks

Gina Loehr is a popular author and inspirational speaker, a theologian and the mother of six. In 2013 Gina was chosen as one of one hundred women from around the world to be a delegate for the Pontifical Council for the Laity’s study seminar on women and the Church. A frequent guest on national Catholic radio programs on EWTN, Relevant Radio, and Ave Maria Radio, Gina’s other books include Choosing Beauty: A 30-Day Spiritual Makeover for Women and Real Women, Real Saints: Friends... Read more

The Church is Our Mother

2017-01-02T20:17:15-05:00

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Christ gives us the peace of the angels; Angels: Day 178

Last updated on: January 2, 2017 at 8:17 pm By Pete Socks

Christ, says St. Cyril of Alexandria, takes away the sin that came between us and the Father. Now we can have the same peace that the angels know in Heaven—the peace the angels proclaimed to the shepherds when Jesus Christ was born. So do not look upon him who was laid in the manger merely as a baby, but in our poverty see him who as God is rich, and in the measure of our humanity him who excels the inhabitants... Read more

A Year with the Angels

2017-01-02T20:10:20-05:00

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The best news ever; Angels: Day 177

Last updated on: January 2, 2017 at 8:10 pm By Pete Socks

The birth of Christ, says St. John Chrysostom, is simply the best news ever. In an instant the world is changed, and we’re made close friends with the angels. What news could ever be as good as this? God on Earth—man in Heav- en—and all mixed together: angels joined the choirs of men; men had fellowship with the angels, and with the other powers above! We see the long war ended, and God and our nature reconciled—the devil brought to shame,... Read more

A Year with the Angels

Mike Aquilina

Saint Benedict Press

Saint John Chrysostom

2017-01-02T20:03:42-05:00

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Angels were the first to preach Christ; Angels: Day 176

Last updated on: January 2, 2017 at 8:03 pm By Pete Socks

When a priest at your parish church preaches Christ, says St. Cyril of Alexandria, he joins his voice to the voices of the original shepherds, who learned the good news of Christ’s coming from the angels themselves. The company of the holy prophets had foretold that, in due time, he would be born in the flesh, and that he would put on our likeness. Now that this hope had been fulfilled, the rational powers of Heaven brought the happy news... Read more

A Year with the Angels

Mike Aquilina

Saint Benedict Press

Saint Cyril of Alexandria

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