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April 2018

April 18, 2018
Pope St. Gregory the Great sent St. Augustine of Canterbury to convert the pagan English....
April 16, 2018
We need to forget all about whatever good we’ve done, says St. John Chrysos­tom. God...
April 16, 2018
Christopher Carstens is Director of the Office for Sacred Worship in the Diocese of La...
April 15, 2018
Pride attacks those who have exalted positions, says St. Cyril of Alexandria. What position could...
April 14, 2018
The Syrian abbot Chaeremon tells St. John Cassian that we can’t give ourselves the credit...
April 13, 2018
“Everyone who glories shall be humbled,” says Aphrahat—and then he gives a very persuasive list...
April 12, 2018
Mercy, says St. Ambrose, is a virtue that makes us like our Father in heaven....
April 11, 2018
Karl Keating is undoubtedly one of the leading apologists of our time. The founder of...
April 11, 2018
St. Augustine reminds us that if we are so hard-hearted that we cannot forgive even...
April 10, 2018
Even your own father might have given up on you if you had never listened...
April 09, 2018
Weeping for our sins is the route to joy, says St. John Chrysostom. Real remorse...
April 08, 2018
The abbot Isaac told St. John Cassian that we can compare the soul to a...
April 07, 2018
Gary Jansen currently serves as the senior editor of religion and spirituality at the Crown...
April 07, 2018
Even your former sins can lead others to Christ. Palladius of Galatia tells the story...
April 06, 2018
It’s good to stop sinning—but it’s not enough, says St. John Chrysostom. We also need...
April 05, 2018
St. Ambrose uses a farming metaphor to tell us about confession: you need to root...
April 03, 2018
Christ gave Judas every opportunity to repent, not even holding back the Last Supper from...
April 02, 2018
Susan Muto, executive director of the Epiphany Association, is a renowned speaker, author, and teacher,...

March 2018

March 31, 2018
We see it all the time: politicians, professors, even priests who call themselves “Catholic” but...
March 30, 2018
Against heretics who said that serious sinners could never be reconciled to the Church, St....
March 29, 2018
We trust medical doctors even though they do all sorts of unpleasant things to us,...
March 27, 2018
When we say that Christ is “angry” with sinners, says St. Ambrose, we don’t mean...
March 26, 2018
When you’ve been wounded in the battle against sin, says Aphrahat the Sage, penitence is...
March 25, 2018
The wise abbot Serapion told St. John Cassian that we should attack the enemy first...
March 24, 2018
Richard Hirtreiter is an attorney, author, entrepreneur and businessman. He is a lifelong Catholic and...
March 24, 2018
St. Clement of Rome tells us to correct one another, and—more important—to accept correction happily....
March 23, 2018
There are many ways to repent, says St. John Chrysostom, and they all lead to...
March 21, 2018
No one was more wicked than Nebuchadnezzar, says St. Cyril of Jerusalem. Yet even he...
March 20, 2018
Why do we confess our sins when God knows them already? St. Augustine tells us...
March 20, 2018
Review by Julie Abell Last year I read Costanza Miriano’s book Marry Him and Be...
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