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April 2018

April 12, 2018

Sow on earth, reap in heaven; Church Fathers: Day 257

Mercy, says St. Ambrose, is a virtue that makes us like our Father in heaven....

April 11, 2018

Learn to forgive; Church Fathers: Day 256

St. Augustine reminds us that if we are so hard-hearted that we cannot forgive even...

April 10, 2018

Listen to your conscience; Church Fathers: Day 255

Even your own father might have given up on you if you had never listened...

April 09, 2018

Weep, and find joy; Church Fathers: Day 254

Weeping for our sins is the route to joy, says St. John Chrysostom. Real remorse...

April 08, 2018

Keep your soul light as a feather; Church Fathers: Day 253

The abbot Isaac told St. John Cassian that we can compare the soul to a...

April 07, 2018

Make use of your sins; Church Fathers: Day 252

Even your former sins can lead others to Christ. Palladius of Galatia tells the story...

April 06, 2018

Bear fruit that befits repentance; Church Fathers: Day 251

It’s good to stop sinning—but it’s not enough, says St. John Chrysostom. We also need...

April 05, 2018

Uproot sin and sow spiritual seed; Church Fathers: Day 250

St. Ambrose uses a farming metaphor to tell us about confession: you need to root...

April 03, 2018

Learn to repent from Judas; Church Fathers: Day 249

Christ gave Judas every opportunity to repent, not even holding back the Last Supper from...

March 2018

March 31, 2018

Excommunication is a last resort; Church Fathers: Day 248

We see it all the time: politicians, professors, even priests who call themselves “Catholic” but...

March 30, 2018

Repent for the sake of the Eucharist; Church Fathers: Day 247

Against heretics who said that serious sinners could never be reconciled to the Church, St....

March 29, 2018

Trust your Physician, even if the cure hurts; Church Fathers: Day 246

We trust medical doctors even though they do all sorts of unpleasant things to us,...

March 27, 2018

The “anger” of Christ is his mercy; Church Fathers: Day 245

When we say that Christ is “angry” with sinners, says St. Ambrose, we don’t mean...

March 26, 2018

Take the medicine that cures you; Church Fathers: Day 244

When you’ve been wounded in the battle against sin, says Aphrahat the Sage, penitence is...

March 25, 2018

Attack your strongest sin first; Church Fathers: Day 243

The wise abbot Serapion told St. John Cassian that we should attack the enemy first...

March 24, 2018

Be happy to be corrected; Church Fathers: Day 242

St. Clement of Rome tells us to correct one another, and—more important—to accept correction happily....

March 23, 2018

Five ways to repent; Church Fathers: Day 241

There are many ways to repent, says St. John Chrysostom, and they all lead to...

March 21, 2018

Sincere repentance saves the wickedest; Church Fathers: Day 240

No one was more wicked than Nebuchadnezzar, says St. Cyril of Jerusalem. Yet even he...

March 20, 2018

To know God, confess your sins; Church Fathers: Day 239

Why do we confess our sins when God knows them already? St. Augustine tells us...

March 19, 2018

Put things right before you ask for forgiveness; Church Fathers: Day 238

When St. Gregory the Great was pope, the government in Dalmatia ordained a bishop named...

March 18, 2018

Judge yourself, not your neighbors; Church Fathers: Day 237

In poetic rhythms that recall the ancient Hebrew Psalms, St. Ephrem the Syrian warns us...

March 17, 2018

Learn the lesson of the grapevine and the elm; Church Fathers: Day 236

Some are rich and some are poor. Who’s better off ? As Hermas learns in...

March 16, 2018

Think of the future; Church Fathers: Day 235

People who live in wealth are not really fortunate, says St. John Chrysostom. We need...

October 2017

October 13, 2017

Learn faith from Mary Magdalene; Church Fathers: Day 081

Before dawn after the Sabbath, Mary Magdalene came and found Jesus’ tomb empty; then she...

October 12, 2017

Believe what Christ tells you; Church Fathers: Day 080

In a dialogue with St. Gregory the Great, Peter the deacon seems to prefer to...

October 11, 2017

Build your faith on the Stone; Church Fathers: Day 079

A mighty building, says Aphrahat, depends on its foundation stones. If we build the structure...

October 10, 2017

Feel the power of faith; Church Fathers: Day 078

Running at a gallop through salvation history, Aphrahat tells us that all the great things...

October 09, 2017

Don’t doubt—just pray; Church Fathers: Day 077

How can I pray to God when I’m such a miserable sinner? Don’t think like...

October 08, 2017

Everything takes faith; Church Fathers: Day 076

St. Cyril of Jerusalem tells us that faith is by no means an exclusively Christian...

October 07, 2017

Cooperation is a law of nature; Church Fathers: Day 075

Working for the common good is a law implanted in our very nature, says St....

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