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April 2018

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...

March 2018

March 15, 2018

Feed the poor and you feed Christ; Church Fathers: Day 234

St. Ephrem the Syrian tells us that the poor are Christ visiting us in disguise....

March 14, 2018

Ill-gotten gains make wicked gifts; Church Fathers: Day 233

Can you buy repentance with the fruits of your sin? No, says Commodianus: God rejects...

March 13, 2018

Don’t worry about being too generous; Church Fathers: Day 232

St. Cyprian tells us to be generous in giving to the poor. But don’t we...

March 12, 2018

Deposit your wealth in heaven; Church Fathers: Day 231

Writing to a young widow still grieving her husband, St. John Chrysostom advises her to...

March 11, 2018

The sick need your help, not just sympathy; Church Fathers: Day 230

Commodianus tells us that we owe help—not just kind words—to the sick who are in...

March 10, 2018

Feed the poor and you feed Christ; Church Fathers: Day 234

St. Ephrem the Syrian tells us that the poor are Christ visiting us in disguise....

March 09, 2018

See poverty as an opportunity for service; Church Fathers: Day 229

Theodoret tells a rich nobleman that the poverty he sees all around him is there...

March 08, 2018

Be thankful in adversity as well as in prosperity; Church Fathers: Day 228

Pope St. Gregory the Great, having heard that one of his noble friends had suddenly...

March 07, 2018

Use your money for good; Church Fathers: Day 227

Money is the root of all evil,” we often hear. But what St. Paul really...

March 06, 2018

Be happy with enough; Church Fathers: Day 226

Wealth isn’t really much fun, says St. John Chrysostom. A simple life is not only...

March 05, 2018

Beware the temptations of power; Church Fathers: Day 225

Whenever we have power over people, says St. John Chrysostom, we’re tempted to use that...

March 04, 2018

Beware of prosperity—Satan lurks there; Church Fathers: Day 224

The persecutions had ceased, and Christians were safe from the government. But they weren’t safe,...

March 03, 2018

Remember the poor and trust God to provide; Church Fathers: Day 223

Writing a eulogy of his good friend Paula, a noble widow who was also his...

March 02, 2018

Don’t take advantage of misfortune; Church Fathers: Day 222

When food is scarce, prices go up. It’s just good business, right? No, says St....

March 01, 2018

Share everything; Church Fathers: Day 221

St. Ambrose quotes the pagan philosopher Pythagoras to show that even the pagans admire selfless...

February 2018

February 28, 2018

Expect better returns from the poor; Church Fathers: Day 220

If you do something good for a rich man, says St. Ambrose, he just takes...

February 27, 2018

Invest in heaven; Church Fathers: Day 219

Are you asking me to give my money away for nothing? No, answers St. John...

February 26, 2018

Beware the life of ease; Church Fathers: Day 218

It is simply impossible, says St. John Chrysostom, to live a completely untroubled life on...

February 25, 2018

See the real power of wealth; Church Fathers: Day 215

Preaching on the parable of the rich man and Lazarus (see Luke 16:19-31), St. John...

February 24, 2018

Toss out the image of the devil; Church Fathers: Day 214

Heaping up useless wealth, says St. Ambrose, rips the image of God out of our...

February 23, 2018

Be poor to be rich; Church Fathers: Day 213

Only one who fears God is rich, says St. Ephrem the Syrian. All earthly riches...

February 22, 2018

Find God through continence; Church Fathers: Day 212

Writing to a monk, St. Basil praises continence. It isn’t just the celibacy practiced by...

February 21, 2018

Marriage is good; virginity is better; Church fathers: Day 211

Following the doctrine of St. Paul, St. Athanasius tells us that marriage and consecrated virginity...

February 20, 2018

Keep the soul pure to keep the body pure; Church Fathers: Day 210

Barbarian invaders had violated many consecrated virgins in Rome. Was their chastity destroyed? No, says...

February 19, 2018

Lift up your hearts; Church Fathers: Day 209

If you keep your gaze trained on things that are above, says St. Gregory the...

February 18, 2018

Hold yourself to your own standard; Church Fathers: Day 208

St. John Chrysostom tells Christian husbands that they need to treat their wives with the...

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