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February 2018

February 23, 2018
Only one who fears God is rich, says St. Ephrem the Syrian. All earthly riches...
February 22, 2018
Writing to a monk, St. Basil praises continence. It isn’t just the celibacy prac­ticed by...
February 21, 2018
Following the doctrine of St. Paul, St. Athanasius tells us that marriage and consecrated virginity...
February 20, 2018
Review by Julie Abell One thing I have learned over my life is that thinking...
February 20, 2018
Barbarian invaders had violated many consecrated virgins in Rome. Was their chastity destroyed? No, says...
February 19, 2018
If you keep your gaze trained on things that are above, says St. Gregory the...
February 19, 2018
Fr. Charles P. Connor, S.T.L., Ph.D., is a professor of systemic theology and Church history...
February 18, 2018
St. John Chrysostom tells Christian husbands that they need to treat their wives with the...
February 17, 2018
Roman law severely punished women for adultery, but figured boys will be boys. Asterius of...
February 16, 2018
So you think your spouse is impossible. Well, that may be true, says Asterius of...
February 15, 2018
God created marriage, says Asterius of Amasea. A husband and wife are married not just...
February 14, 2018
If you’re married, says St. John Chrysostom, that doesn’t mean you can’t be chaste. The...
February 13, 2018
Review by Katie Zumbrum Whether we like it or not, the Lenten season is almost...
February 13, 2018
St. Peter still holds the authority Christ gave him, says Pope St. Leo the Great....
February 12, 2018
Mary Elizabeth Sperry has worked for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops since 1994,...
February 12, 2018
Christian baptisms given outside the Catholic Church are still valid baptisms, but that doesn’t mean...
February 11, 2018
There are bound to be bad seeds in such a large group as the Catholic...
February 10, 2018
The ex-slave Eutropius ruled Constantinople by controlling a puppet emperor, who abolished the right of...
February 09, 2018
In the homilies we hear at Mass, says St. John Chrysostom, the priest usually praises...
February 08, 2018
The word “pastor” is just the Latin word for “shepherd.” Why were so many of...
February 07, 2018
St. Augustine tells a familiar tale of peer pressure. As a teenager, he was ashamed...
February 06, 2018
St. Irenaeus of Lyons was an expert on heresies—you might say he wrote the book...
February 05, 2018
Jim Papandrea is a teacher, author, speaker, and musician.  After graduating from the University of...
February 05, 2018
St. Irenaeus of Lyons warns us against people who claim to know what they can’t...
February 04, 2018
Review by Pete Socks I have often written and in my podcasts spoken of, the...
February 04, 2018
The book of Tobit is one of the Old Testament books left out of the...
February 03, 2018
St. Ignatius of Antioch tells the church in Magnesia, which had suffered from divisive politics,...
February 02, 2018
How do we know what belief is truly Catholic? St. Vincent of Lerins gives us...
February 01, 2018
With withering sarcasm, St. Pacian tramples the arguments of the Novatians, a sect that said...

January 2018

January 31, 2018
St. Cyril of Jerusalem tells us that honoring our parents is the first virtue of...
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