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August 2014

August 29, 2014

Church Fathers, Day Thirty-Nine: St. Ephrem and crossing the bridge to heaven

Cross the bridge to heaven In a striking metaphor, St. Ephrem the Syrian imagines Jesus...

August 28, 2014

Church Fathers, Day Thirty-Eight: St. Gregory the Great says find your stength in Jesus’ weakness

Find your strength in Jesus’ weakness Because Christ took on our flesh and suffered for...

August 27, 2014

Church Fathers, Day Thirty-Seven: St. Gregory the Great says learn to suffer from Christ

Learn to suffer from Christ Christ’s prayer at Gethsemane leads us in our own prayers,...

August 26, 2014

Church Fathers, Day Thirty-Six: St. John Chrysostom tells us Christ taught by doing

Christ taught by doing Jesus Christ taught by preaching, but he also gave us examples...

August 25, 2014

Church Fathers, Day Thirty-Five: Aphrahat tells us to take Christ as your model of love

Take Christ as your model of love Christ taught us how to love by loving...

August 23, 2014

Follow the Magi, Church Fathers: Day 033

The Magi left their barbarian country and followed the star to find Christ. We, too,...

August 22, 2014

Don’t misjudge Christ’s Kingdom, Church Fathers: Day 032

The Magi and Herod both had incorrect ideas about Christ’s Kingdom. But the Magi were...

August 21, 2014

Recognize both natures in Christ, Church Fathers: Day 031

Jesus Christ, the Word incarnate, was true God and true man. When we hear or...

August 20, 2014

Remember God’s greatest gift, Church Fathers: Day 030

We can’t thank God enough just for creating us and giving us the world to...

August 19, 2014

Imitate Christ and learn the power of humility, Church Fathers: Day 029

The Son of God took on the humility of our...

August 18, 2014

See how the Word stooped down to us, Church Fathers: 028

One of the most profound verses in Scripture, says St. Cyril of Alexandria, is the...

August 17, 2014

Turn evil into good, Church Fathers: Day 027

Death is unquestionably an evil, says St. Augustine. It was brought on us by our...

August 16, 2014

Moral evils are the only true evils, Church Fathers: Day 026

Arguing with pagans after the disastrous invasion of Rome in 410, St. Augustine says that...

August 15, 2014

Love the sinner, hate the sin, Church Fathers: Day 025

St. Augustine carefully works out what has become a famous formulation of Christian ethics: love...

August 14, 2014

Don’t make excuses, Church Fathers: Day 024

It’s human nature to try to make excuses for our sins. But we shouldn’t do...

August 13, 2014

Don’t look for evil outside ourselves, Church Fathers: Day 023

Evil is not something that existed before creation, and it is not something that God...

August 12, 2014

Vice proves that our nature is good, Church Fathers: Day 022

Here’s an interesting argument from St. Augustine. Against those who deny that we were created...

August 11, 2014

Put good things in their place; Church Fathers: Day 021

The good things of this world really are good, says St. Augustine. But we shouldn’t...

August 10, 2014

Thank God for the wicked; Church Fathers: Day 020

Why doesn’t God just get rid of the wicked now and let the righteous live...

August 09, 2014

Appreciate God’s mercy after the Fall; Church Fathers: Day 019

Our sin is entirely our own fault, says St. John Chrysostom. But God loves us...

August 08, 2014

Remember that everything is made for a reason; Church Fathers: Day 018

If creation is good, why are there poisonous plants? St. Basil reminds us not to...

August 07, 2014

Praise God for the beauty of light; Church Fathers: Day 017

Light was God’s first creation, and God saw that it was good. This goodness, says...

August 06, 2014

Believe, then use your reason; Church Fathers: Day 016

The pagan philosopher Celsus wrote a tract accusing the Christians of hating reason. Not at...

August 06, 2014

Train yourself with secular learning; Church Fathers: Day 014

Secular learning is good and useful, says St. Basil, when we understand that our true...

August 05, 2014

Believe—it’s the rational thing; Church Fathers: Day 015

St. Athanasius, the great defender of orthodoxy, tells us that the faith of the martyrs...

August 03, 2014

Use your education; Church Fathers: Day 013

Is it better to be ignorant than to be educated? Not at all, says St....

August 02, 2014

Look for truth in every way, find it in Christ; Church Fathers: Day 012

Arguing that a well-rounded education is good for a Christian, St. Clement of Alexandria tells...

August 01, 2014

Use what God gave you the way God intended; Church Fathers: Day 011

God created the universe, and it was very good. But that doesn’t mean every use...

July 2014

July 31, 2014

Don’t underestimate God; Church Fathers: Day 010

In ancient times as well as our own, people brought forward supposedly scientific arguments against...

July 30, 2014

Nature shows us the Resurrection; Church Fathers: Day 009

St. Clement of Rome tells us that belief in the resurrection should come naturally. God...

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