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October 2017

October 06, 2017

Stay on course; Church Fathers: Day 074

If you flit from one activity to the next, the abbot Nesteros tells St. John...

October 05, 2017

Find the best use of your talents; Church Fathers: Day 073

Palladius of Galatia tells the story of a man who became a monk late in...

October 04, 2017

Use the gifts God gave you rightly; Church Fathers: Day 072

God gave you wonderful tools and abilities, says St. John Chrysostom. But it’s up to...

October 03, 2017

Foreknowledge doesn’t cancel free will, Church Fathers: Day 071

If God knows in advance what you will do, does that mean God is the...

October 02, 2017

Denying free will proves that there is free will; Church Fathers: Day 070

We Christians know that we have free will: that we can choose between good and...

October 01, 2017

Free will is the problem—and the solution; Church Fathers: Day 069

To pagans who blame everything on “fate,” Tatian answers that our miseries are our own...

September 2017

September 30, 2017

Rely on what no one can take away; Church Fathers: Day 068

Expensive tack doesn’t make a good horse, says St. John Chrysostom. Likewise, wealth, health, and...

September 29, 2017

Follow the promptings of nature; Church Fathers: Day 067

Moral law is natural, says St. Basil. No one needs to teach it to us;...

September 28, 2017

Recognize the good emotions; Church Fathers: Day 066

A good Christian is not insensibly tranquil, says St. Augustine. Even in heaven, we will...

September 27, 2017

To know God, live a godly life; Church Fathers: Day 065

No one can force you to listen to Christian teaching, says St. Ephrem the Syrian....

September 26, 2017

Find the temple in your heart; Church Fathers: Day 064

When the Epistle of Barnabas was written, the Temple in Jerusalem—the center of the worship...

September 25, 2017

Imitate God, not the animals; Church Fathers: Day 063

The gifts of language and thought, says St. Ephrem the Syrian, are what distinguish us...

September 24, 2017

Put the right value on created things; Church Fathers: Day 062

Creation is good, says St. Leo the Great, and we should praise the Creator for...

September 23, 2017

Learn to be like God; Church Fathers: Day 061

St. Gregory of Nyssa gives us a daunting assignment: study the attributes of the Father,...

September 22, 2017

Know that you are God’s image; Church Fathers: Day 060

God made human beings in the image of God. St. Irenaeus reminds us that we...

September 21, 2017

Be worthy of your creation; Church Fathers: Day 059

Writing to the pagan emperor Antoninus Pius, St. Justin Martyr explains how Christians are supposed...

September 20, 2017

Let creation be your book; Church Fathers: Day 058

You can be truly free from rules and laws, says St. Ephrem the Syrian, if...

September 19, 2017

Make the Sign of the Cross everywhere; Church Fathers: Day 057

Wherever you are, says St. Ephrem the Syrian, seal everything you do with the Sign...

September 18, 2017

Don’t despair when you’re in a dry spell; Church Fathers: Day 056

St. John Cassian recalls the wise words of the abbot Daniel in the Egyptian desert....

September 17, 2017

In prayer, quality counts more than quantity; Church Fathers: Day 055

There is a mountain in Egypt called Pherme, which borders on the great desert of...

September 16, 2017

Get rid of your anger before you pray; Church Fathers: Day 054

Tertullian reminds us how important it is not to be angry with our neighbors when...

September 15, 2017

Look for quiet when you pray; Church Fathers: Day 053

St. Basil tells us that a quiet heart will help us overcome our passions and...

September 14, 2017

Expect Satan’s attack when you pray; Church Fathers: Day 052

Satan knows how much we gain by praying, says St. John Chrysostom, so that’s when...

September 13, 2017

Lead us not into temptation; Church Fathers: Day 051

When we pray “Lead us not into temptation,” are we praying that we should never...

September 12, 2017

Our daily bread is the Word of God and the Mass; Church Fathers: Day 050

Give us this day our daily bread”: we pray these words even if we have...

September 11, 2017

Dare to call God Father, Church Fathers: Day 049

The atonement of Christ changes everything, says St. Leo the Great. We were miserable outcasts,...

September 10, 2017

Praying the Our Father, Church Fathers: Day 048

Tertullian tells us that practically the whole teaching of Christianity is summed up in the...

September 09, 2017

Watch for distractions when you pray, Church Fathers: Day 047

It’s far too easy to get distracted when we’re trying to pray. St. Augustine was...

September 08, 2017

Be reconciled before you pray, Church Fathers: Day 046

Writing an instruction book for monks, St. John Cassian amplifies the Gospel’s advice; if you...

September 07, 2017

Clean out your heart before you pray, Church Fathers: Day 045

The Egyptian abbot Isaac gave St. John Cassian some practical advice on praying: before you...

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