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May 2017

May 24, 2017

Flying Home; Angels: Day 305

St. Augustine says that our real home is the Zion in Heaven, which is the...

May 23, 2017

The incorruptible riches of the angels; Angels: Day 304

The two greatest commandments, as Jesus taught us, sum up the whole of the Scriptures: love...

May 22, 2017

Anticipate the angels’ work; Angels: Day 303

At the end of time, says St. Augustine, the angels will separate the wheat from the...

May 21, 2017

The holy temple, below and above; Angels: Day 302

We make up the Church below, says St. Augustine, and the angels make up the Church...

May 20, 2017

Imitating the hymns of angels; Angels: Day 301

The historian Socrates Scholasticus relates the traditional story of how responsive singing began in the...

May 19, 2017

Work like an Angel; Angels: Day 300

If you’re lazy now in doing good works, asks St. Clement of Rome, how will you...

May 18, 2017

Join your heart with the angels; Angels: Day 299

Even when you work at earthly things, says St. Augustine, you’re a citizen of Heaven if...

May 17, 2017

Secret wisdom of God; Angels: Day 298

What an honor for the human race! God reveals his most secret wisdom to the angels...

May 16, 2017

Let everyone see that you’re a citizen of heaven; Angels: Day 297

St. John Chrysostom tells us that the best way to draw back those who don’t come...

May 15, 2017

We were made to glorify God on earth; Angels: Day 296

The angels glorify God in Heaven, says St. Gregory of Nyssa, and human beings were made...

May 14, 2017

We were meant to live like angels; Angels: Day 295

In the Garden of Eden, says St. John of Damascus, Adam and Eve lived like angels—without...

May 13, 2017

The knowledge even angels can’t teach; Angels: Day 294

God’s perfect knowledge is something no human could teach us, says St. Augustine. Angels couldn’t...

May 12, 2017

Know God, know love; Angels: Day 293

If you love your brother, says St. Augustine, you know God—because God is love. Love is...

May 11, 2017

We restore the ranks of the angels; Angels: Day 292

The fall of the angels left a gap in the heavenly hierarchy, says St. Augustine, and...

May 10, 2017

Equal to angels – but not; Angels: Day 291

If we’re to be like the angels, who have no bodies, then what becomes of...

May 09, 2017

Equal to angels; Angels: Day 290

Answering the resurrection-denying Sadducees who tried to trip Jesus up with a tricky question about marriage...

May 08, 2017

Contemplation should direct action; Angels: Day 289

Contemplation, says St. Augustine, is the highest part of reason, which is the highest part of...

May 07, 2017

Eyes such as angels see with; Angels: Day 288

Didymus was a famous theologian who had been blind since childhood. The historian Socrates Scholasticus recounts...

May 06, 2017

Train to win the angelic wreath; Angels: Day 287

Writing to Christians facing a sentence of death, Tertullian tells them to think of their hardships...

May 05, 2017

Christ sets the example of toleration; Angels: Day 286

Still meditating on the instructions in Revelation “to the angel of the Church in Ephesus,” St....

May 04, 2017

A leader praised for toleration; Angels: Day 285

Citing the instructions “to the angel of the church in Ephesus,” St. Augustine says that toleration...

May 03, 2017

The peace of the angels; Angels: Day 284

St. Augustine’s advice to soldiers: Peace is your goal, and everything you do must work toward...

May 02, 2017

The service of angels; Angels: Day 283

St. Ambrose recommends the life of a much-respected monk as an example to us all. To...

May 01, 2017

Live like an angel now to live like an angel; Angels: Day 282

In his commentary on the Apostles’ Creed, Rufinus of Aquileia explains what Christ means when he...

April 2017

April 30, 2017

Living an angel’s life on earth; Angels: Day 281

Recalling a holy monk who was well known for his ascetic life, St. Ambrose says that...

April 29, 2017

Make the angels rejoice; Angels: 280

St. Ambrose, bishop of the empire’s administrative capital of Milan, was never shy about advising even...

April 28, 2017

Invest in the poor; Angels: Day 279

The sure way to earn a good return, says St. Cyril of Alexandria, is to...

April 27, 2017

Be an angel in adversity; Angels: Day 278

Christ came, says St. Augustine, so that we might live as angels. What does that mean?...

April 26, 2017

Keep to the straight and narrow; Angels: Day 277

Human integrity, says St. Cyril of Alexandria, is not the same as the integrity of...

April 25, 2017

Virginity is heaven on earth; Angels: Day 276

Consecrated virginity, says St. Gregory of Nyssa, is something like Heaven on Earth. Christ promised that...

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