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December 2016

December 07, 2016
Don’t listen to anyone who tells you to worship idols, or nature, or even angels, says St....
December 07, 2016
Review by Julie Abell With all the books I have been reading in order to...
December 06, 2016
Like many Christian interpreters, St. Augustine sees Psalm 24 as a description of Christ’s triumphal ascent...
December 05, 2016
As long as we’re sinners, says St. Augustine, we’re slaves to the devil and his angels....
December 04, 2016
Continuing his meditation on Job’s cursing the day he was born and the night he was...
December 03, 2016
St. Cyril of  Jerusalem advises his students to memorize  the creed word for word, and to...
December 02, 2016
St. Clement of Alexandria tells us that even the devil can speak the truth when it...
December 02, 2016
This week we have an awesome TWO title giveaway! One lucky winner will receive a copy...
December 01, 2016
When asked for advice on dealing with a heretic who claimed to have revelations from angels,...
December 01, 2016
James (Jay) Toups brings to the forefront the struggles Louisiana faced in the days and...

November 2016

November 30, 2016
The Donatists were a schismatic sect that called itself the only true Church. St. Augustine warns...
November 30, 2016
Review by Michele Craig In his book Prayer in the Catholic Tradition: A Handbook of...
November 29, 2016
St. Paul warned the Galatians  not to listen even to an angel from Heaven if...
November 28, 2016
The angels are sometimes ministers of God’s just chastisement. But they don’t like it, St. Ambrose...
November 27, 2016
Are the angels evil when they punish sinners? No, says Dionysius  the Areopagite: what is evil...
November 26, 2016
Although the good angels want nothing more than our salvation, sometimes they must be the instruments...
November 25, 2016
It has been four years since I have launched The Catholic Book Blogger. A lot...
November 25, 2016
A terrifying image from Psalm 35 provokes St. Augustine to meditate on how God punishes. When...
November 24, 2016
St. Augustine argues that the will of God is ultimately the cause of everything that happens...
November 23, 2016
The magicians of Pharaoh, says St. Augustine, were able to duplicate some of the plagues by...
November 22, 2016
Even when the evil angels turn their strength against us, says  St. Augustine, they’re actually  weapons...
November 21, 2016
God uses the evil angels as his instruments for correcting us, says St. Augustine. The purpose...
November 20, 2016
The devil wills  evil, says St. Augustine, but God’s will is always  done even through...
November 20, 2016
If you have never heard the name Dietrich von Hildebrand or had the opportunity to...
November 19, 2016
God’s plan is so well thought out that even the sinful free will of Satan...
November 18, 2016
Satan tempted Christ by promising to give him all the kingdoms of  the world. But those...
November 18, 2016
This week we have an awesome TWO title giveaway! One lucky winner will receive a copy...
November 17, 2016
Why  does the Psalmist ask God to “arise in your anger”? St. Augustine suggests that...
November 17, 2016
Many of us may have a sense of something not being quite right with the...
November 16, 2016
Meditating on the first appearance of Satan in Job, St. Gregory the Great looks at the...
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