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December 2017

December 27, 2017

Hate only evil; Church Fathers: Day 156

There is only one thing we’re allowed to hate, says St. Gregory of Nyssa, and...

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 25, 2017

Don’t give an opening to rumor; Church Fathers: Day 154

Living properly isn’t always enough, St. Basil tells a bishop who had been the victim...

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 22, 2017

Don’t return insult for insult; Church Fathers: Day 151

The devil tempts us to snap back when someone insults us, says St. Ambrose. Or,...

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 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...

December 13, 2017

Train your tongue to serve righteousness; Church Fathers: Day 142

What we say can be as important as what we do. St. John Chrysostom reminds...

December 12, 2017

Be Christian in your conversation; Church Fathers: Day 141

The things we say even in casual conversation can have profound effects on the people...

December 11, 2017

Live and talk like a Christian; Church Fathers: Day 140

In his letter “On the Perfection of the Life of Solitaries,” St. Basil gives advice...

December 10, 2017

Hear the silence of Jesus; Church Fathers: Day 139

Jesus left us many sayings, commandments, and sermons. But he also taught us by doing....

December 09, 2017

Live a life worthy of your baptism; Church Fathers: Day 138

Can people tell that you’re a Christian? St. John Chrysostom says we should live lives...

December 08, 2017

God’s mercy works through us; Church Fathers: Day 137

Babies are born into the world helpless, completely dependent on the people who take care...

December 07, 2017

Don’t blame God for what bad people do; Church Fathers: Day 136

God gave us free will, and we often misuse it. When Christians are persecuted, says...

December 06, 2017

See the big picture; Church Fathers: Day 135

In the natural world, things grow, die, and decay. Is God’s creation imperfect, then? No,...

December 05, 2017

Everything in good order; Church Fathers: Day 134

St. Clement of Rome tells us that we’re all different for a reason. Not everyone...

December 04, 2017

Don’t try to limit God; Church Fathers: Day 133

God is always beyond the grasp of our reason, as St. Hilary of Poitiers tells...

December 02, 2017

Loss is only temporary; Church Fathers: Day 131

This isn’t the sort of thing we usually hear at a funeral these days, but...

December 01, 2017

Work through your grief; Church Fathers: Day 130

To a congregation that had lost its pastor, St. Basil sends his condolences. Grief is...

November 2017

November 30, 2017

Beware of depression; Church Fathers: Day 129

Are you feeling gloomy? That’s good if it leads you to repent your sins, says...

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...

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