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November 2017

November 29, 2017

Work for the Kingdom is never wasted; Church Fathers: Day 128

When we work, says St. Basil, we do it for the sake of the good...

November 28, 2017

Trust God’s promises, and take what comes; Church Fathers: Day 127

When Jesus was transfigured, says St. Gregory the Great, Peter wanted to live in that...

November 26, 2017

Be pleased with what pleases God; Church Fathers: Day 126

God knows more than we do, and sometimes hard times may do us as much...

November 26, 2017

Give your leisure to the Lord; Church Fathers: Day 125

Making a humorous but still pointed apology for a long sermon, St. Basil tells his...

November 25, 2017

Learn the lesson of the bees; Church Fathers: Day 124

St. Basil points to the bees as an example to all Christians. They work industriously...

November 24, 2017

Be happy with enough, and you’ll get what you want; Church Fathers: Day 123

The rich have many problems, says Tatian, and the poor have few. Be satisfied with...

November 23, 2017

Be satisfied with enough; Church Fathers: Day 122

It’s easy to have more than enough to get by, says St. Ambrose. But lust...

November 22, 2017

Learn contentment from the fish; Church Fathers: Day 121

Fish follow the order of nature, says St. Basil, and no one has to tell...

November 20, 2017

Praise according to your ability; Church Fathers: Day 119

We can’t ever completely comprehend the nature of God, says St. Cyril of Jerusalem. But...

November 19, 2017

Be cheerful; Church Fathers: Day 118

You can’t be a Christian and a grump at the same time, the visionary Hermas...

November 18, 2017

Suit your practice to your nature; Church Fathers: Day 117

Not everyone can fast heroically, says St. John Cassian. We need to take our own...

November 16, 2017

Be like steel, not like wax; Church Fathers: Day 115

St. John Cassian remembers the wise comparison of the abbot Theodore. Your mind, he says,...

November 15, 2017

Love virtue for its own sake; Church Fathers: Day 114

The Syrian abbot Chaeremon, as St. John Cassian remembers, explained that it’s far better to...

November 14, 2017

Trust God to bring good even from the wicked; Church Fathers: Day 113

The devil stirs up heretics to attack the Church, says St. Augustine, but God turns...

November 13, 2017

Never despair of God’s help; Church Fathers: Day 112

When barbarians sacked Rome in the year 410, some pagans argued that the Christian God...

November 12, 2017

Remember that God controls your destiny; Church Fathers: Day 111

A correspondent had asked Theodoret an interesting hypothetical question. Theodoret’s answer quotes Jesus’ advice to...

November 10, 2017

Learn to distinguish what really matters; Church Fathers: Day 110

We can never know in this world why bad things happen to some people and...

November 10, 2017

Feel pity for your persecutors; Church Fathers: Day 109

The wise abbot Chaeremon told St. John Cassian that forgiveness and compassion are the signs...

November 09, 2017

Make the right use of your worries; Church Fathers: Day 108

We worry all the time, and with reason. Who can predict what will happen tomorrow?...

November 08, 2017

Let difficulties be your teachers; Church Fathers: Day 107

The expulsion from Paradise was a bad thing. Yet look what good came of it,...

November 07, 2017

Cultivate patience and be at peace; Church Fathers: Day 106

If you cultivate patience, says St. John Cassian, you will be at peace not only...

November 06, 2017

We are called to endure pain and illness; Church Fathers: Day 105

Sometimes pain and sickness are hard to bear, but we’re still called to bear them....

November 05, 2017

If you want faith, practice patience; Church Fathers: Day 104

Tertullian, one of the founders of Christian theology, tells us that the New Law demands...

November 04, 2017

Don’t be guilty of someone else’s despair; Church Fathers: Day 103

The visionary Hermas is told that when we see someone suffering, we must respond. If...

November 03, 2017

Help the Church help others, Church Fathers: Day 102

Do you know someone who needs help, but may be too modest to ask for...

November 02, 2017

Be generous in secret; Church Fathers: Day 101

If you give so that you can boast about it, says St. Ambrose, you already...

November 01, 2017

Be kind even to people who don’t deserve it; Church Fathers: Day 100

Is that beggar on the street just a lazy bum? Maybe so, but St. John...

October 2017

October 30, 2017

Remember that everyone is your “neighbor”; Church Fathers: Day 098

This godly love cannot be perfect unless we love our neighbor as well. And in...

October 29, 2017

Do what’s appropriate, but always in love; Church Fathers: Day 097

We can’t always be doing everything, says St. Augustine. We need to judge what kind...

October 28, 2017

Plant the seeds of love; Church Fathers: Day 096

Are we ready to die for our friends? Maybe not yet. But St. Augustine shows...

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