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January 2017

January 19, 2017
What does it mean when Luke says that the child Jesus “increased in wisdom and stature”?...
January 19, 2017
They say good things come in small packages. I’d like to add that powerful books...
January 18, 2017
In a hymn for the Christmas vigil, St. Ephrem the Syrian expresses his astonishment that...
January 18, 2017
Last March well-known EWTN host Raymond Arroyo released a book that some, including myself, were...
January 17, 2017
As the psalm says, not just an angel, not just a host of angels, but...
January 16, 2017
St. Ephrem the Syrian meditates on what it meant for the Lord of all to...
January 16, 2017
Gina Loehr is a popular author and inspirational speaker, a theologian and the mother of...
January 15, 2017
Christ, says St. Cyril of  Alexandria, takes away the sin that came between us and the...
January 14, 2017
The birth of Christ, says St. John Chrysostom, is simply the best news ever. In an...
January 13, 2017
When a priest at your parish church preaches Christ, says St. Cyril of Alexandria, he...
January 13, 2017
This week we have an awesome TWO title giveaway! One lucky winner will receive a copy...
January 12, 2017
Although as God he was  without beginning, says  St. Gregory the Wonder-Worker, Christ’s life on...
January 12, 2017
Some of the most beautiful pieces of art are not meant to be art at...
January 11, 2017
St. John Chrysostom  answers an obvious question: why  didn’t the angel tell Joseph about the coming birth...
January 11, 2017
Review by Michele Craig “A mother journeys with her children all the way through their...
January 10, 2017
If we imitate the virtues of the Blessed Virgin Mary, says St. Gregory Thaumaturgus, then...
January 09, 2017
We find it easy to imagine how amazed Mary was by the Annunciation. But what was Gabriel...
January 08, 2017
St. Gregory the Wonder-Worker  invites us to join our voices to the angel Gabriel’s. When...
January 07, 2017
The Annunciation, says St. Irenaeus, is more than good news. In her obedience to the word...
January 06, 2017
Mary, the Blessed Virgin, had a privilege no one else in history has ever had, says...
January 06, 2017
This week we have an awesome TWO title giveaway! One lucky winner will receive a copy...
January 05, 2017
The angels, says St. John Chrysostom,  did not know the mystery of the Son of God...
January 05, 2017
Grzegorz Gorny reveals the hidden story behind the Epiphany in his new book Three Kings,...
January 04, 2017
Introducing the Gospel of John to his flock, St. John Chrysostom tells them they are about...
January 04, 2017
Review by  Julie Abell I remember the moment I heard about Mother Teresa dying. I...
January 03, 2017
Origen suggests that, if  we call the Gospel writers evangelists (a Greek word that means “messengers...
January 02, 2017
Why  did it take the whole Old Testament to prepare humanity for Christ? Simply because...
January 02, 2017
Sonja erupted on the scene early last spring with her explosive book, Unleashed, where she...
January 01, 2017
St. Gregory the Great says that Christ was made man because he came to save us,...

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December 31, 2016
In Origen’s time, some heretical sects said that the God of the Old Testament was not the...
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