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July 2018

July 29, 2018

Learn persuasion from the Lord; Church Fathers: Day 349

Simon the Pharisee was not rebuked sternly when he misunderstood the Lord’s mission, says St....

July 26, 2018

Pray for conversions; Church Fathers: Day 348

In his youth, St. Augustine fell into the Manichean heresy, and used his formidable rhetorical...

July 22, 2018

Welcome the straying when they turn back; Church Fathers: Day 347

In the time of persecutions, some Christians thought those who abandoned the Church could never...

July 21, 2018

Pray for the straying; Church Fathers: Day 346

St. Gregory the Great urges his congregation not to fall into the trap of the...

July 17, 2018

Pray for the straying; Church Fathers: Day 345

St. Gregory the Great urges his congregation not to fall into the trap of the...

July 15, 2018

Let your struggles help others; Church Fathers: Day 344

The desert fathers, St. John Cassian tells us, had a custom of revealing their most...

July 14, 2018

Save souls through service; Church Fathers: Day 343

Palladius of Galatia tells the story of an ascetic who met a man and woman...

July 13, 2018

Bring your neighbors to church: Church Fathers: Day 342

Why do our churches seem half-empty sometimes? Why are our neighbors staying home from Mass?...

July 11, 2018

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

The unknown author of this letter simply calls himself a “Mathetes,” a “disciple.” Here he...

July 10, 2018

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

“You’re not getting through to them,” people might tell us. But persistence wins the day,...

July 09, 2018

Become famous for good deeds; Church Fathers: Day 339

St. Basil was a man who knew how to ask for a favor. In this...

July 08, 2018

Practice what you preach; Church Fathers: Day 338

If you tell other people to behave themselves, says Lactantius, what will they think when...

July 06, 2018

Everyday martyrdom; Church Fathers: Day 337

You can be a martyr even without the bloodshed, says Commodianus, a North African bishop...

July 05, 2018

This hurts me more than it hurts you; Church Fathers: Day 336

Insults, thefts, even torture—none of these things do any real harm to the person who...

July 04, 2018

Evil is evil, even if God turns it to good; Church Fathers: Day 335

St. John Cassian tells how an earnest monk asked a hard question of the wise...

July 03, 2018

Fear God, not death; Church Fathers: Day 334

When the city of Antioch was in danger of total annihilation, St. John Chrysostom dared...

July 02, 2018

Not being with God is the real punishment; Church Fathers: Day 333

Whatever happens to sinners in hell, says St. John Chrysostom, their worst punishment is not...

June 2018

June 30, 2018

Pity the prosperous sinner; Church Fathers: Day 332

St. John Chrysostom tells us that the person most to be pitied is the sinner...

June 30, 2018

Why are the wicked joyful?; Church Fathers: Day 331

Why are the wicked often prosperous and happy, while the righteous struggle? It’s because they’re...

June 29, 2018

Don’t judge by appearances; Church Fathers: Day 330

In a vision, the Shepherd tells Hermas that you can’t tell the righteous from the...

June 28, 2018

Nothing gets past God; Church Fathers: Day 329

Do you think that anything escapes God’s notice? asks St. Ambrose. Even when we shut...

June 27, 2018

Measure your duty by heaven, not earth; Church Fathers: Day 328

St. Ambrose summarizes the opinions of classical philosophy on duty. Then he explains why a...

June 26, 2018

Remember the judgment of Christ; Church fathers: Day 327

In this transcript of the trial of St. Justin Martyr and his companions, Justin argues...

June 25, 2018

Be ready for the end of the world; Church Fathers: Day 326

The last judgment may be coming very soon, says St. John Chrysostom. But whether it...

June 24, 2018

The resurrection is easy for God; Church Fathers: Day 325

Does the resurrection of the dead seem strangely unlikely? Well, of course, says Aphrahat—God’s miracles...

June 23, 2018

Why not choose death?; Church Fathers: Day 324

If heaven is so great, why don’t you just kill yourself now? St. Justin Martyr...

June 22, 2018

Share in the sufferings of the martyrs; Church Fathers Day 323

The historian Eusebius tells the story of a young girl, a holy virgin in Tyre,...

June 21, 2018

Know the resurrection by the proofs; Church Fathers: Day 322

God didn’t just tell us that the resurrection would happen, says Aphrahat. He has proved...

June 20, 2018

Make light of what is mortal; Church Fathers: Day 321

The historian Eusebius records the last words of Agapius, a martyr who had been brought...

June 19, 2018

Death is transformed into sleep; Church Fathers: Day 320

Why is it important that Christ’s body was laid in a new tomb, one that...

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