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February 2017

February 13, 2017
St. Ephrem the Syrian imagines the angels looking all over for God the Son. They look...
February 13, 2017
In case you missed this weekend,s show check out the link below to hear the...
February 12, 2017
Angels announced the first coming of Christ in the Incarnation, says St. Leo the Great, and...
February 11, 2017
Angels tell the gaping disciples that “this Jesus” has been taken into Heaven. St. Augustine says...
February 10, 2017
St. Ambrose imagines the twenty-fourth psalm as the dialog of the angels when Christ rose from...
February 09, 2017
The women who came to the tomb where Jesus had been buried were granted a vision...
February 08, 2017
The angels, says St. Ambrose, were amazed by the Resurrection. Even the hosts of  Heaven could not...
February 07, 2017
Christ rose to Heaven in his glorified body, says St. Cyril of Alexandria. He imagines how...
February 07, 2017
This week one lucky winner will receive a copy of Marrying the Rosary to the...
February 06, 2017
CBB Review - Marrying the Rosary to the Divine Mercy Chaplet: A Fusion of Meditation...
February 04, 2017
Though angels have often come to aid God’s faithful people, says St. Gregory the Great, they...
February 03, 2017
In Revelation, an angel holds a scroll and asks, “Who  is worthy to open the scroll...
February 02, 2017
In St. Augustine’s time, the Roman Empire was crumbling, and barbarian attacks were the worst...
February 01, 2017
The cross was the most shameful method of execution the ancient world could think of. But...

January 2017

January 31, 2017
Our sin is what keeps us from being fit citizens of Heaven. But the Cross...
January 30, 2017
In the parable of  the fig tree, the vinedresser begs the owner not to cut...
January 29, 2017
Satan, St. Paul tells us, disguises himself  as an angel of light, and his ministers...
January 28, 2017
OKSt. Cyril of  Alexandria suggests an interpretation of  Christ’s famous parable of  the lost sheep: the...
January 27, 2017
When he was in the flesh, Jesus himself  took his Father’s orders through the angels,...
January 27, 2017
This week one lucky winner will receive a copy of Racketeer for Life: Fighting the...
January 26, 2017
When Christ was a humble Galilean carpenter, says St. Ambrose, he was still Lord of all...
January 26, 2017
Joseph Scheidler is an important figure in the pro-life movement. If you have never heard...
January 25, 2017
The angels are immortal and blessed, says St. Augustine, but it’s not their nature that...
January 24, 2017
Arguing against heretics who denied that the Son was  equal to the Father, St. Ambrose...
January 23, 2017
Have you heard of the new giving platform from the Pontifical Mission Societies? It provides...
January 23, 2017
Christ revealed enough of  himself  to the demons so that they would fear and obey him,...
January 22, 2017
There’s  no contradiction, says  St. Ambrose, between saying that Christ was humble and saying that he...
January 21, 2017
St. Augustine gives us an analysis  of  the temptation of  Christ, showing how Satan tried...
January 20, 2017
Some even in the time of Christ  thought John the Baptist was a heavenly angel...
January 20, 2017
This week one lucky winner will receive a copy of Help for Suffering Humanity: Mary,...
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