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September 2017

September 04, 2017

What we mean by “the right hand of the Father”, Church Fathers: Day 042

St. John of Damascus, traditionally the last of the Church Fathers, explains what we mean...

May 2017

May 14, 2017

We were meant to live like angels; Angels: Day 295

In the Garden of Eden, says St. John of Damascus, Adam and Eve lived like angels—without...

April 2017

April 23, 2017

Virginity is to marriage as angel is to human; Angels: Day 274

God forbid we should say anything against marriage, says St. John of Damascus. After all,...

November 2016

November 10, 2016

Our freedom is different from the angels; Angels: Day 112

Like the angels, says St. John of Damascus, we have free will; but it’s a...

November 09, 2016

Like the angels, we have free will; Angels: Day 111

Reason, says St. John of Damascus, is very closely linked with free will. With reason,...

October 2016

October 06, 2016

The devil has free will – and so have we; Angels: Day 077

The devil has free will - and so have we God made Satan good, says...

August 2016

August 18, 2016

Angels are immortal by grace, not by nature, Angels: Day 028

Angels are immortal by grace, not by nature Attempting to define what an angel is,...

August 15, 2016

Angels are spiritual, but still limited, Angels: Day 025

Angels are spiritual, but still limited An angel, says St. John of Damascus, is not limited...

August 12, 2016

What angels do, Angels: Day 022

What angels do St. John of Damascus admits that there are many things we can’t know...

August 01, 2016

The orders of angels; Angels: Day 011

The orders of angels St. John of Damascus summarizes the teaching of Dionysius the Areopagite, who...

July 2016

July 11, 2016

Son of God, help me to praise your mother!, Mary: Day 356

Son of God, help me to praise your mother! If we feel inadequate to praise...

April 2016

April 29, 2016

The Blessed Virgin enters the heavenly temple, Mary: Day 283

The Blessed Virgin enters the heavenly temple St. John of Damascus celebrates Mary’s new and...

April 26, 2016

The angels welcome Mary into heaven, Mary: Day 280

The angels welcome Mary into heaven St. John of Damascus imagines the joyous reception of...

April 25, 2016

A riot of praise for Christ and his mother!, Mary: Day 279

A riot of praise for Christ and his mother! St. John of Damascus imagines that...

April 24, 2016

Mary’s body is snatched up to heaven, Mary: Day 278

Mary’s body is snatched up to heaven St. John of Damascus explores the reasons why...

April 23, 2016

Mary’s body rests in the tomb, Mary: Day 277

Mary’s body rests in the tomb Immediately after her death, Mary’s body is laid in...

April 22, 2016

The mother of Life passes through death, Mary: Day 276

The mother of Life passes through death Because she was sinless, St. John of Damascus...

April 21, 2016

Mary’s death was the cause of rejoicing, Mary: Day 275

Mary’s death was the cause of rejoicing St. John of Damascus ponders the reasons for...

September 2015

September 09, 2015

Mary was an instrument of redemption, Mary: Day 050

Mary was an instrument of redemption St. John of Damascus speaks to God the Son,...

July 2015

July 29, 2015

The Old Testament foreshadowed Mary, Mary: Day 008

The Old Testament foreshadowed Mary St. John of Damascus provides multiple examples of the Old...

September 2014

September 01, 2014

Church Fathers, Day Forty-Two: St. John of Damascus explains the right hand of the Father

What we mean by “the right hand of the Father” St. John of Damascus, traditionally...

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