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February 2015

February 06, 2015
Don’t rely on worldly things The ex-slave Eutropius ruled Constantinople by controlling a puppet emperor,...
February 05, 2015
Apply what you hear in church to yourself In the homilies we hear at Mass,...
February 04, 2015
Catholic Scripture Study International has recently released a new study in their ongoing series. The...
February 04, 2015
It takes sacrifice to be a good shepherd The word “pastor” is just the Latin...
February 03, 2015
Listen to God in your elders St. Augustine tells a familiar tale of peer pressure....
February 02, 2015
Flee to the Church St. Irenaeus of Lyons was an expert on heresies—you might say...
February 01, 2015
PETE: As a Franciscan friar, a number of your books have an obvious Franciscan theme...
February 01, 2015
Eat from the right fruit St. Irenaeus of Lyons warns us against people who claim...

January 2015

January 31, 2015
Submit to the teaching of the Church The book of Tobit is one of the...
January 30, 2015
Love unity, avoid divisions St. Ignatius of Antioch tells the church in Magnesia, which had...
January 29, 2015
This week publisher Image Books sponsors the giveaway. One lucky winner will receive one copy...
January 29, 2015
Follow this rule: universality, antiquity, consent How do we know what belief is truly Catholic?...
January 28, 2015
Daniel P. Horan , O.F.M. has recently given us a new insight into Thomas Merton...
January 28, 2015
Trust the whole church, not the loner With withering sarcasm, St. Pacian tramples the arguments...
January 27, 2015
Honor your parents and you honor God St. Cyril of Jerusalem tells us that honoring...
January 26, 2015
Find rest in the Church Beginning a homily, Jacob of Serugh invites everyone to leave...
January 25, 2015
  The Open Book Podcast Episode 003 Podcast: Download (Duration 35:31– 33 MB) Talking Church Fathers and...
January 25, 2015
Color your soul with the Mass Jacob of Serugh tells us that our souls take...
January 24, 2015
Find your delight in heavenly food On his way to martyrdom in Rome, St. Ignatius...
January 23, 2015
Take some time to reflect after Mass Do we forget everything that happened at Mass...
January 22, 2015
This week publisher Image Books sponsors the giveaway. One lucky winner will receive one copy...
January 22, 2015
Stay for the whole Mass In the time of Jacob of Serugh, it seems that...
January 21, 2015
Most likely you have either read one of John Michael Talbot's books or listened to...
January 21, 2015
Take communion every day Frequent communion is life many times over, says St. Basil. Offered...
January 20, 2015
If you have never heard of Bonnie Engstrom and her blog "A Knotted Life" now...
January 20, 2015
Learn to love the Mass It’s an old joke, born of true observation, that Catholics...
January 19, 2015
Welcome back to “The Laity Speaks”, a recurring feature here at The Catholic Book Blogger....
January 19, 2015
The heavens are opened in the Eucharist A medieval legend told how St. Gregory the...
January 18, 2015
PETE: What was your motivation behind writing your new book Manual for Spiritual Warfare? PAUL...
January 18, 2015
Sacrifice yourself along with the Eucharist St. Gregory the Great tells us that it’s not...
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