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February 2018

February 16, 2018

Remember your own faults, too; Church Fathers: Day 206

So you think your spouse is impossible. Well, that may be true, says Asterius of...

February 15, 2018

Remember your marriage vows; Church Fathers: Day 205

God created marriage, says Asterius of Amasea. A husband and wife are married not just...

February 14, 2018

Live like a Christian in marriage; Church Fathers: Day 204

If you’re married, says St. John Chrysostom, that doesn’t mean you can’t be chaste. The...

February 13, 2018

Give the credit to Peter; Church Fathers: Day 203

St. Peter still holds the authority Christ gave him, says Pope St. Leo the Great....

February 12, 2018

Work to heal the wound of schism; Church Fathers: Day 202

Christian baptisms given outside the Catholic Church are still valid baptisms, but that doesn’t mean...

February 11, 2018

Don’t blame the Church for wicked Christians; Church Fathers: Day 201

There are bound to be bad seeds in such a large group as the Catholic...

February 10, 2018

Don’t rely on worldly things; Church Fathers: Day 200

The ex-slave Eutropius ruled Constantinople by controlling a puppet emperor, who abolished the right of...

February 09, 2018

Apply what you hear in church to yourself; Church Fathers: Day 199

In the homilies we hear at Mass, says St. John Chrysostom, the priest usually praises...

February 08, 2018

It takes sacrifice to be a good shepherd; Church Fathers: Day 198

The word “pastor” is just the Latin word for “shepherd.” Why were so many of...

February 07, 2018

Listen to God in your elders; Church Fathers: Day 197

St. Augustine tells a familiar tale of peer pressure. As a teenager, he was ashamed...

February 06, 2018

Flee to the Church; Church Fathers: Day 196

St. Irenaeus of Lyons was an expert on heresies—you might say he wrote the book...

February 05, 2018

Eat from the right fruit; Church Fathers: Day 195

St. Irenaeus of Lyons warns us against people who claim to know what they can’t...

February 04, 2018

Submit to the teaching of the Church; Church Fathers: Day 194

The book of Tobit is one of the Old Testament books left out of the...

February 03, 2018

Love unity, avoid divisions; Church Fathers: Day 193

St. Ignatius of Antioch tells the church in Magnesia, which had suffered from divisive politics,...

February 02, 2018

Follow this rule: universality, antiquity, consent; Church Fathers: Day 192

How do we know what belief is truly Catholic? St. Vincent of Lerins gives us...

February 01, 2018

Trust the whole church, not the loner; Church Fathers: Day 191

With withering sarcasm, St. Pacian tramples the arguments of the Novatians, a sect that said...

January 2018

January 31, 2018

Honor your parents and you honor God; Church Fathers: Day 190

St. Cyril of Jerusalem tells us that honoring our parents is the first virtue of...

January 30, 2018

Find rest in the Church; Church Fathers: Day 189

Beginning a homily, Jacob of Serugh invites everyone to leave the weariness and empty toil...

January 29, 2018

Color your soul with the Mass; Church Fathers: Day 188

Jacob of Serugh tells us that our souls take on the color of whatever we...

January 28, 2018

Find your delight in heavenly food; Church Fathers: Day 187

On his way to martyrdom in Rome, St. Ignatius of Antioch begs the Roman Christians...

January 27, 2018

Take some time to reflect after Mass; Church Fathers: Day 186

Do we forget everything that happened at Mass as soon as we burst out the...

January 26, 2018

Stay for the whole Mass; Church Fathers: Day 185

In the time of Jacob of Serugh, it seems that many people were rushing out...

January 25, 2018

Take communion every day; Church Fathers: Day 184

Frequent communion is life many times over, says St. Basil. Offered the gift of eternal...

January 24, 2018

Learn to love the Mass; Church Fathers: Day 183

It’s an old joke, born of true observation, that Catholics seem to burst out of...

January 23, 2018

The heavens are opened in the Eucharist; Church Fathers: Day 182

A medieval legend told how St. Gregory the Great had actually seen a vision of...

January 22, 2018

Sacrifice yourself along with the Eucharist; Church Fathers: Day 181

St. Gregory the Great tells us that it’s not enough just to be there when...

January 21, 2018

Get to Mass on time; Church Fathers: Day 180

Some people in the time of Jacob of Serugh were arriving at Mass very late—...

January 20, 2018

Don’t be like Herod!; Church Fathers: Day 179

Herod told the Magi he wanted to worship the infant Christ—but really he wanted to...

January 19, 2018

Examine your conscience before Mass; Church Fathers: Day 178

The Church is a hospital for sinners, we often hear. But sometimes the cure is...

January 18, 2018

Avoid the smoke of worldly cares; Church Fathers: Day 177

Scripture is the clear air of a meadow or a garden, says St. John Chrysostom....

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