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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 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 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 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...

December 2017

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 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 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...

November 2017

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 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....

October 2017

October 04, 2017

Use the gifts God gave you rightly; Church Fathers: Day 072

God gave you wonderful tools and abilities, says St. John Chrysostom. But it’s up to...

September 2017

September 30, 2017

Rely on what no one can take away; Church Fathers: Day 068

Expensive tack doesn’t make a good horse, says St. John Chrysostom. Likewise, wealth, health, and...

August 2017

August 29, 2017

Christ taught by doing, Church Fathers: Day 036

Jesus Christ taught by preaching, but he also gave us examples of his preaching in...

July 2017

July 23, 2017

Witness to angels; Angels: Day 365

We know that Christ and the angels have been really present with us, says St. John...

July 13, 2017

Keep the prayer of the angels in your heart; Angels: Day 355

Even when you’re just out shopping, says St. John Chrysostom, you can still be praising God...

July 12, 2017

Don’t drown out the angel choir; Angels: Day 354

St. John Chrysostom looks around him in church, and all he sees are people talking about...

July 11, 2017

Remember that you sing in the angelic choir; Angels: Day 353

In the time of St. John Chrysostom, popular entertainment had become notoriously immoral, depending on...

July 10, 2017

Imagine the beauty of countless angels; Angels: Day 352

Try to imagine the most wonderful spectacle you’ve ever seen, says St. John Chrysostom. Now think...

June 2017

June 13, 2017

Guided into eternity; Angels: Day 325

Scripture tells us that we have guides to take our souls when we die, says...

June 06, 2017

Remember where you are, and mind your manners!; Angels: Day 318

When we’re at Mass, St. John Chrysostom reminds us, we’re standing right there with the choirs...

June 01, 2017

We’re fed with what angels tremble to see; Angels: Day 313

Do you really know, St. John Chrysostom asks, what an honor it is to be...

May 2017

May 30, 2017

What really happens at Mass; Angels: Day 311

When a priest celebrates the Mass on earth, he takes part in the worship of Heaven....

May 28, 2017

Angels rejoiced at our baptism; Angels: Day 309

All the angels, and the Lord of angels, rejoice at a baptism, says St. John Chrysostom....

May 17, 2017

Secret wisdom of God; Angels: Day 298

What an honor for the human race! God reveals his most secret wisdom to the angels...

May 16, 2017

Let everyone see that you’re a citizen of heaven; Angels: Day 297

St. John Chrysostom tells us that the best way to draw back those who don’t come...

April 2017

April 19, 2017

Fasting makes us angels – but prayer comes; Angels: Day 270

Fasting, says St. John Chrysostom, is an extraordinarily powerful thing. It makes us mortals into angels,...

April 16, 2017

Poverty is the life of the angels; Angels: Day 267

St. John Chrysostom lived in a time much like our own, when everyone seemed to be...

April 10, 2017

We can be almost angels – if we want; Angels: Day 261

What if you found an enormous diamond—but you threw it away because you thought it was...

April 09, 2017

Virtue makes angels; Angels: Day 260

Human nature is no barrier to living an angelic life, says St. John Chrysostom. The evil...

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