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May 2017

May 08, 2017
Society today is facing one of the worst epidemics it has faced in a long...
May 07, 2017
Didymus was a famous theologian who had been blind since childhood. The historian Socrates Scholasticus recounts...
May 06, 2017
Writing to Christians facing a sentence of death, Tertullian tells them to think of their hardships...
May 05, 2017
Still meditating on the instructions in Revelation “to the angel of the Church in Ephesus,”  St....
May 04, 2017
Citing the instructions “to the angel of the church in Ephesus,”  St. Augustine says that toleration...
May 03, 2017
St. Augustine’s advice to soldiers: Peace is your goal, and everything you do must work toward...
May 03, 2017
A definite challenge the church faces today is how to catechize our youth. One concern...
May 02, 2017
St. Ambrose recommends the life of a much-respected monk as an example to us all. To...
May 02, 2017
Review by Maura Zagrans If I could, I would thrust a copy of Wendell Berry...
May 01, 2017
In his commentary on the Apostles’  Creed, Rufinus of Aquileia explains what Christ means when he...
May 01, 2017
Charlie McKinney, president of Sophia Institute Press, stopped by to talk about the problems with youth...

April 2017

April 30, 2017
Recalling a holy monk who was well known for his ascetic life, St. Ambrose says that...
April 29, 2017
St. Ambrose, bishop of the empire’s administrative capital of Milan, was never shy about advising even...
April 28, 2017
The Mass is an integral part of the Catholic faith. Our tradition regarding the celebration...
April 28, 2017
The sure way to earn a good return, says St. Cyril of Alexandria, is to...
April 27, 2017
Christ came, says St. Augustine, so that we might live as angels. What  does that mean?...
April 26, 2017
Human integrity, says St. Cyril of Alexandria, is not the same as the integrity of...
April 25, 2017
Consecrated virginity, says St. Gregory of Nyssa, is something like Heaven on Earth. Christ promised that...
April 25, 2017
Brigid and the Butter: A Legend about St. Brigid of Ireland is retold by Pamela...
April 24, 2017
Those who have taken vows of chastity, says St. Ambrose, are living the life of the...
April 24, 2017
If you missed this past Saturday’s show you can listen to the archive now. Timothy...
April 23, 2017
God forbid we should say anything against marriage, says St. John of Damascus. After all,...
April 22, 2017
St. Augustine writes to express his joy at hearing that the daughter of an illustrious...
April 21, 2017
St. Macrina, a great Christian teacher, showed her own mother how to live a life of...
April 20, 2017
You’re not likely to receive the inner truths of  the Lord, says  St. Gregory the Great,...
April 20, 2017
One of the main things that separate us Catholics from our Christian brethren is the...
April 19, 2017
Fasting, says St. John Chrysostom, is an extraordinarily powerful thing. It makes us mortals into angels,...
April 18, 2017
Why  does God let bad things happen to good people? Dionysius  the Areopagite tells us that...
April 17, 2017
There are countless poor people and only a few rich. So why did the apostles, all...
April 17, 2017
If you missed this past Saturday’s show you can listen to the archive now. Scott...
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