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September 2017

September 08, 2017
Writing an instruction book for monks, St. John Cassian amplifies the Gospel’s advice; if you...
September 07, 2017
The Egyptian abbot Isaac gave St. John Cassian some practical advice on praying: before you...
September 07, 2017
Let’s face a harsh reality of life. We all have challenges. Every one of us...
September 06, 2017
St. Ambrose, one of the great thinkers in Christian history, weighed his words carefully. When...
September 05, 2017
If your home is a mess, how can you invite guests to come in? If...
September 05, 2017
Eric Sammons is a former Evangelical, who entered the Catholic Church in 1993. He has...
September 04, 2017
St. John of Damascus, traditionally the last of the Church Fathers, explains what we mean...
September 03, 2017
Christ died for sinners, not for the righteous. Now that Christ has conquered death, says...
September 02, 2017
Tears we shed for Christ are never unrewarded, says St. Cyril of Alexandria. Look at...
September 01, 2017
In a striking metaphor, St. Ephrem the Syrian imagines Jesus the carpenter making his own...

August 2017

August 31, 2017
Because Christ took on our flesh and suffered for us, says St. Gregory the Great,...
August 30, 2017
Christ’s prayer at Gethsemane leads us in our own prayers, says St. Gregory the Great....
August 29, 2017
Jesus Christ taught by preaching, but he also gave us examples of his preaching in...
August 28, 2017
Christ taught us how to love by loving us, says Aphrahat, the Persian Sage. By...
August 28, 2017
Sonja Corbitt is the Bible Study Evangelista and creator of the magnificent LOVE the Word...
August 27, 2017
I absolutely LOVE the Star Wars films. If you are a fan of the series,...
August 27, 2017
Preaching on the Feast of the Epiphany, St. Gregory the Great tells his congre­gation that...
August 23, 2017
Heather King is a Catholic convert with several books, among them Parched, Redeemed, Shirt of Flame,...
August 18, 2017
We are all on a journey to Christ. Each of us gets there in our...
August 15, 2017
Philip Kosloski graduated from the University of Saint Thomas in Minnesota with a Bachelor’s in...
August 12, 2017
Fr. Hugh Vincent Dyer O.P. is a member of the Order of Preachers, Province of...
August 09, 2017
Review by Laura Socks As the summer is slowly winding down it is time to...
August 02, 2017
Father Maurice Emelu is the founder of Gratia Vobis Ministries. A renowned Catholic Speaker and...

July 2017

July 31, 2017
All the buzz these days seems to be about the Benedict Option. There are others,...
July 28, 2017
Carrie Gress and is the author of The Marian Option: God’s Solution to a Civilization...
July 24, 2017
This year marks the 100th anniversary of Our Lady appearing to three shepherd children in...
July 23, 2017
We know that Christ and the angels have been really present with us, says St. John...
July 22, 2017
In this long hymn of praise from an ancient liturgy (attributed to Dionysius the Areopagite), we...
July 21, 2017
Continuing his meditation on holy angels and people, St. Augustine says that what we enjoy in...
July 20, 2017
Interpreting Psalm 8, St. Augustine suggests that the “sheep  and oxen” put under Christ are human...
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