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April 2017

April 24, 2017

Living the resurrected life; Angels: Day 275

Those who have taken vows of chastity, says St. Ambrose, are living the life of the...

April 23, 2017

Virginity is to marriage as angel is to human; Angels: Day 274

God forbid we should say anything against marriage, says St. John of Damascus. After all,...

April 22, 2017

Choosing an angel’s life; Angels: Day 273

St. Augustine writes to express his joy at hearing that the daughter of an illustrious...

April 21, 2017

Living like the angels; Angels: Day 272

St. Macrina, a great Christian teacher, showed her own mother how to live a life of...

April 20, 2017

Angels appear when you winnow the wheat; Angels: Day 271

You’re not likely to receive the inner truths of the Lord, says St. Gregory the Great,...

April 19, 2017

Fasting makes us angels – but prayer comes; Angels: Day 270

Fasting, says St. John Chrysostom, is an extraordinarily powerful thing. It makes us mortals into angels,...

April 18, 2017

The angelic virtue of detachment; Angels: Day 269

Why does God let bad things happen to good people? Dionysius the Areopagite tells us that...

April 17, 2017

Leave greed behind to be equal to the angels; Angels: Day 268

There are countless poor people and only a few rich. So why did the apostles, all...

April 16, 2017

Poverty is the life of the angels; Angels: Day 267

St. John Chrysostom lived in a time much like our own, when everyone seemed to be...

April 15, 2017

Watching for the vision; Angels: Day 266

In a verse from the Psalms, St. Augustine sees a metaphor for the Church on earth...

April 14, 2017

Peace comes from being regulated by God; Angels: Day 265

God creates everything so that it all works together when it follows his will, says St....

April 13, 2017

“Thy will be done”; Angels: Day 264

What does it mean when we pray, “Thy will be done, on Earth as it...

April 12, 2017

Rejoice in God’s power, not your own; Angels: Day 263

If you want to impress people with your power, says St. Augustine, your priorities are...

April 11, 2017

Like angels on earth; Angels: Day 262

St. Ambrose tells us that the death and resurrection of Christ actually changed human nature, making...

April 10, 2017

We can be almost angels – if we want; Angels: Day 261

What if you found an enormous diamond—but you threw it away because you thought it was...

April 09, 2017

Virtue makes angels; Angels: Day 260

Human nature is no barrier to living an angelic life, says St. John Chrysostom. The evil...

April 08, 2017

Love makes us; Angels: Day 259

St. John Chrysostom says that love makes an angel out of the one who loves. Real...

April 07, 2017

Ask to be like an angel; Angels: Day 258

God won’t hear your prayer if you ask him to curse someone you hate, says St. Cyril...

April 06, 2017

Pray to live like an angel; Angels: Day 257

In the Our Father, we ask that God’s will be done on Earth as it...

April 05, 2017

We can be angels; Angels: Day 256

Do you know your own nature? St. John Chrysostom wonders whether you do. If you did,...

April 04, 2017

Serve God as the angels do; Angels: Day 255

How do we treat our own servants? St. Cyril of Alexandria points out that God has...

April 03, 2017

From beast to angel; Angels: Day 254

Animals don’t sin, because they follow the laws of nature laid down for them. Angels in Heaven...

April 02, 2017

Long for life with the angels; Angels: Day 253

St. Gregory the Great tells us that our time of waiting here is preparing a...

April 01, 2017

A glimpse of the chambers of the south; Angels: Day 252

St. Gregory the Great reads “the chambers of the south” in Job as symbolic of the...

March 2017

March 31, 2017

Even angels can’t take away your sin; Angels: Day 251

When the emperor Theodosius gave orders that resulted in a massacre in Thessalonica, St. Ambrose,...

March 30, 2017

Come back and make the angels glad; Angels: Day 250

St. Pacian reminds us that you’re never so far gone in sin that you can’t repent....

March 29, 2017

Believe the angels if nothing; Angels: Day 249

At a time when Arian heretics threatened to take over the Church, St. Ambrose reminds us...

March 28, 2017

Missing the angels; Angels: Day 248

We were created to be in fellowship with angels, says St. Gregory the Great. But our...

March 27, 2017

Repentance makes a new; Angels: Day 247

St. Augustine says that, when we repent of our sins, our “pain and tears” give birth...

March 26, 2017

The yield is what counts, Angels: Day 246

St. Peter, says St. Augustine, denied Christ, stood in his way, and misunderstood the New Covenant—yet...

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