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June 2018

June 19, 2018

Death is transformed into sleep; Church Fathers: Day 320

Why is it important that Christ’s body was laid in a new tomb, one that...

June 02, 2018

Know how Satan works; Church Fathers: Day 303

Whenever Satan attacks us, says St. Cyril of Alexandria, he does it at our weakest...

May 2018

May 31, 2018

Avoid the first approaches of evil; Church Fathers: Day 301

Surely we can stand just a little evil. Not so, says St. Cyril of Alexandria....

April 2018

April 15, 2018

Humble yourself as Christ did; Church Fathers: Day 260

Pride attacks those who have exalted positions, says St. Cyril of Alexandria. What position could...

January 2018

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...

October 2017

October 13, 2017

Learn faith from Mary Magdalene; Church Fathers: Day 081

Before dawn after the Sabbath, Mary Magdalene came and found Jesus’ tomb empty; then she...

July 2017

July 19, 2017

God alone is good by nature; Angels: Day 361

“Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked the ruler of the synagogue. St. Cyril of...

June 2017

June 30, 2017

Acknowledge Christ; the angels will praise you; Angels: Day 342

At the end of time, says St. Cyril of Alexandria, Christ will come in glory,...

June 29, 2017

Christ will come surrounded by angels; Angels: Day 341

When Christ comes again, St. Cyril of Alexandria reminds us, it won’t be in the form of...

June 12, 2017

Sailing into port; Angels: Day 324

After a long and stormy voyage, says St. Cyril of Alexandria, the soul finds rest in...

May 2017

May 27, 2017

Christ alone can give divine power to us; Angels: Day 308

Often the Fathers use the angels as examples of great but limited power, contrasting the...

May 25, 2017

Brought near the holy angels; Angels: Day 306

With the Incarnation, says St. Cyril of Alexandria, the Church below is made one with the...

May 09, 2017

Equal to angels; Angels: Day 290

Answering the resurrection-denying Sadducees who tried to trip Jesus up with a tricky question about marriage...

April 2017

April 28, 2017

Invest in the poor; Angels: Day 279

The sure way to earn a good return, says St. Cyril of Alexandria, is to...

April 26, 2017

Keep to the straight and narrow; Angels: Day 277

Human integrity, says St. Cyril of Alexandria, is not the same as the integrity of...

April 07, 2017

Ask to be like an angel; Angels: Day 258

God won’t hear your prayer if you ask him to curse someone you hate, says St. Cyril...

April 06, 2017

Pray to live like an angel; Angels: Day 257

In the Our Father, we ask that God’s will be done on Earth as it...

April 04, 2017

Serve God as the angels do; Angels: Day 255

How do we treat our own servants? St. Cyril of Alexandria points out that God has...

March 2017

March 12, 2017

The keys of heaven; Angels: Day 232

Who has the authority to promise the keys of Heaven? Not an angel, says St. Cyril...

March 08, 2017

Trust Christ, and the angels will defend you; Angels: Day 228

When Satan dared Jesus to throw himself off a tower, he quoted Scripture, saying that the...

February 2017

February 09, 2017

Angels proclaim the Resurrection; Angels: Day 201

The women who came to the tomb where Jesus had been buried were granted a vision...

February 07, 2017

The angels wondered at the risen Christ; Angels: Day 199

Christ rose to Heaven in his glorified body, says St. Cyril of Alexandria. He imagines how...

January 2017

January 30, 2017

Who is the vinedresser?; Angels: Day 193

In the parable of the fig tree, the vinedresser begs the owner not to cut...

January 29, 2017

Is it an angel? Judge by it’s fruits; Angles: Day 192

Satan, St. Paul tells us, disguises himself as an angel of light, and his ministers...

January 28, 2017

Ninety-angels and one lost sheep; Angels: Day 191

OKSt. Cyril of Alexandria suggests an interpretation of Christ’s famous parable of the lost sheep: the...

January 20, 2017

“Angel” was his job not his nature; Angels: Day 183

Some even in the time of Christ thought John the Baptist was a heavenly angel...

January 13, 2017

Angels were the first to preach Christ; Angels: Day 176

When a priest at your parish church preaches Christ, says St. Cyril of Alexandria, he...

November 2016

November 18, 2016

The world belongs to Christ, not Satan; Angels: Day 120

Satan tempted Christ by promising to give him all the kingdoms of the world. But those...

October 2016

October 12, 2016

How to treat your guests; Angels: Day 083

How to treat your guests St. Cyril of Alexandria has some advice for those who...

August 2015

August 12, 2015

Through Mary, peace is restored to the world, Mary: Day 022

Through Mary, peace is restored to the world St. Cyril of Alexandria was the great...

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