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September 2017

September 06, 2017

Keep silent until the right moment, Church Fathers: Day 044

St. Ambrose, one of the great thinkers in Christian history, weighed his words carefully. When...

September 05, 2017

Rely on God to make your soul fit for him, Church Fathers: Day 043

If your home is a mess, how can you invite guests to come in? If...

September 04, 2017

What we mean by “the right hand of the Father”, Church Fathers: Day 042

St. John of Damascus, traditionally the last of the Church Fathers, explains what we mean...

September 03, 2017

Live a life worthy of the Resurrection, Church Fathers: Day 041

Christ died for sinners, not for the righteous. Now that Christ has conquered death, says...

September 02, 2017

Let your tears turn to joy, Church Fathers: Day 040

Tears we shed for Christ are never unrewarded, says St. Cyril of Alexandria. Look at...

September 01, 2017

Cross the bridge to heaven, Church Fathers: Day 039

In a striking metaphor, St. Ephrem the Syrian imagines Jesus the carpenter making his own...

August 2017

August 31, 2017

Find your strength in Jesus’ weakness, Church Fathers: Day 038

Because Christ took on our flesh and suffered for us, says St. Gregory the Great,...

August 30, 2017

Learn to suffer from Christ, Church Fathers: Day 037

Christ’s prayer at Gethsemane leads us in our own prayers, says St. Gregory the Great....

August 29, 2017

Christ taught by doing, Church Fathers: Day 036

Jesus Christ taught by preaching, but he also gave us examples of his preaching in...

August 28, 2017

Take Christ as your model of love, Church Fathers: Day 035

Christ taught us how to love by loving us, says Aphrahat, the Persian Sage. By...

August 27, 2017

Bring Christ the gifts of the Magi, Church Fathers: Day 034

Preaching on the Feast of the Epiphany, St. Gregory the Great tells his congregation that...

July 2016

July 21, 2016

From Mary to the Angels a new journey awaits

One year ago we embarked on a journey through Paul Thigpen's book A Year with Mary:...

July 21, 2015

From the Church Fathers to Mary, a new year begins

365 days ago we embarked on a journey through Mike Aquilina's book A Year with...

July 21, 2015

Continue in the Word, Church Fathers: Day 365

Continue in the Word It’s not enough just to listen to what Christ teaches us,...

July 20, 2015

See what God has done for you, Church Fathers Day: 364

See what God has done for you Nothing in us deserved what God has done...

July 19, 2015

Imitate Mary’s modesty, Church Fathers: Day 363

Imitate Mary’s modesty St. Ambrose holds up Mary as an example of modesty. She spent...

July 18, 2015

Learn from Mary how to live, Church Fathers: Day 362

Learn from Mary how to live God sees us on the inside, but the outside...

July 17, 2015

Honor the virginity of Mary, Church Fathers: Day 361

Honor the virginity of Mary In this well-known passage, Origen talks about the “brothers of...

July 16, 2015

Honor Mary in Christ’s flesh, Church Fathers: Day 360

Honor Mary in Christ’s flesh Some heretical Christians said that Christ took nothing from Mary...

July 15, 2015

Honoring the saints goes back to the Apostles, Church Fathers: Day 359

Honoring the saints goes back to the Apostles St. Basil professes his Trinitarian faith, and...

July 14, 2015

Venerate the saints and martyrs, Church Fathers: Day 358

Venerate the saints and martyrs St. Jerome lets his notorious temper loose against one Vigilantius,...

July 12, 2015

Show reverence to what is sacred, Church Fathers: Day 356

Show reverence to what is sacred St. Jerome says that when he is angry (which...

July 11, 2015

Remember the martyrs, Church Fathers: Day 355

Remember the martyrs Marble statues don’t commemorate the deeds of the martyrs, says the historian...

July 10, 2015

Find the best models to imitate, Church Fathers: Day 354

Find the best models to imitate A bit of practical advice for monks, but also...

July 09, 2015

Fear nothing: the Lord is with you, Church Fathers: Day 353

Fear nothing: the Lord is with you In his life of St. Martin, Sulpitius Severus...

July 08, 2015

St. Augustine says don’t be surprised when evil enters the Church , Church Fathers: Day 352

Don’t be surprised when evil enters the Church The earthly city and the city of...

July 07, 2015

St. Ignatius of Antioch says be gentlest with the most abrasive people, Church Fathers: Day 351

Be gentlest with the most abrasive people Writing as bishop to bishop to St. Polycarp...

July 06, 2015

Origen says treat opponents mildly: Church Fathers, Day 350

Treat opponents mildly Answering the pagan Celsus, who wrote a tirade against the Christians, Origen...

July 05, 2015

Church Fathers, Day 349: St. Ephrem the Syrian says learn persuasion from the Lord

Learn persuasion from the Lord Simon the Pharisee was not rebuked sternly when he misunderstood...

July 04, 2015

Church Fathers, Day 348: St. Augustine advises us to pray for conversions

Pray for conversions In his youth, St. Augustine fell into the Manichean heresy, and used...

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