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January 2018

January 17, 2018

Take the medicine that costs you nothing; Church Fathers: Day 176

The health care you have to pay for is more more easily obtained by the...

January 16, 2018

Take your examples from Scripture; Church Fathers: Day 175

Scripture, St. Basil tells us, gives us an example for every occasion. When we want...

January 15, 2018

Find your defense against temptation in Scripture; Church Fathers: Day 174

St. Jerome writes to one of his friends about a mutual friend, Bonosus, who has...

January 14, 2018

Reading Scripture is a foretaste of heaven; Church Fathers: Day 173

Writing to the bishop Paulinus, St. Jerome tells him that he should love nothing better...

January 13, 2018

Don’t let confusing scriptures discourage you; Church Fathers: Day 172

Don’t let the obscurities and difficulties in Scripture keep you from reading, says St. John...

January 12, 2018

Pray when you read the Bible; Church Fathers: Day 171

Writing to Gregory, later known as St. Gregory Thaumaturgus (“Wonder- Worker”), Origen, one of the...

January 11, 2018

Approach Scripture with humility; Church Fathers: Day 170

St. Augustine discovered the Scriptures when he was a young man. He didn’t like them....

January 10, 2018

Don’t neglect Scripture; Church Fathers: Day 169

If we had not fallen through our own sin, we would have been in close...

January 09, 2018

Pay careful attention to Scripture; Church Fathers: Day 168

About to begin a series of homilies on the Gospel of Matthew, St. John Chrysostom...

January 08, 2018

Rejoice in the knowledge of Scripture; Church Fathers: Day 167

Some people love to accumulate jewels from the farthest corners of the earth. But if...

January 07, 2018

See the New Covenant in the Old; Church Fathers: Day 166

Moses received the Law directly from God in the desert. A Christian, says St. Irenaeus,...

January 06, 2018

Discover the truth in Scripture; Church Fathers: Day 165

Explaining to the emperor what Christians are, Aristides is so bold as to say that...

January 05, 2018

Your heart is like a flour mill; Church Fathers: Day 164

St. John Cassian recalls a striking illustration a wise old abbot named Moses taught him....

January 04, 2018

The more you work, the more you need Scripture; Church Fathers: Day 163

Scripture isn’t just for monks, says St. John Chrysostom. In fact, the more involved you...

January 03, 2018

Take your Christian life seriously; Church Fathers: Day 162

St. Ephrem the Syrian reminds us of what it means to live as a Christian....

January 02, 2018

Beware men of clever insincerity; Church Fathers: Day 161

St. Basil uses the example of an octopus to show us what a Christian shouldn’t...

January 01, 2018

Let your life match your words; Church Fathers: Day 160

Palladius of Galatia tells us what he heard from two wise desert monks. No matter...

December 2017

December 31, 2017

Show your enthusiasm for God; Church Fathers: Day 159

People go wild for shows and sports, says St. Basil, and waste all their time...

December 29, 2017

Think about what your entertainment is teaching; Church Fathers: Day 158

Just as in our own time, the ancient Roman public flocked to lowbrow entertainment full...

December 28, 2017

Be Christian in your entertainment; Church Fathers: Day 157

The pagans, says Tertullian, behave one way in real life and a completely different way...

December 26, 2017

Only you can hurt your own salvation; Church Fathers: Day 155

No one can take salvation away from you, but you can reject it, says St....

December 24, 2017

Give praise instead of blasphemy; Church Fathers: Day 153

I can’t help it,” we often say when we’ve cursed and used bad language. St....

December 23, 2017

Ignore insults and keep silent; Church Fathers: Day 152

Is someone abusing or insulting you? Best to keep silent, says St. Ambrose. You will...

December 21, 2017

Run away from mockery; Church Fathers: Day 150

Making fun of people makes us like Satan, says St. Ephrem the Syrian. Not only...

December 20, 2017

Don’t even listen to slander; Church Fathers: Day 149

The visionary Shepherd of Hermas was a very influential book in early Christian times. Here...

December 19, 2017

Learn to tell good jokes from bad; Church Fathers: Day 148

It’s quite reasonable to joke about people when you know it will actually make them...

December 18, 2017

Always avoid insults; Church Fathers: Day 147

Watch what you say to the people around you, says St. Clement of Alexandria. A...

December 17, 2017

Lying is always a sin; Church Fathers: Day 146

We often think a lie is good, or at least harmless, if it brings some...

December 16, 2017

Weigh your words carefully; Church Fathers: Day 145

Palladius of Galatia, who spent years among the desert hermits of Egypt, tells the story...

December 15, 2017

Keep silent until the right moment; Church Fathers: Day 144

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

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