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January 2018

January 07, 2018
Moses received the Law directly from God in the desert. A Christian, says St. Irenaeus,...
January 06, 2018
Revitalizing the Rosary is the Key to Edward Sri’s Praying the Rosary like Never Before...
January 06, 2018
Explaining to the emperor what Christians are, Aristides is so bold as to say that...
January 05, 2018
St. John Cassian recalls a striking illustration a wise old abbot named Moses taught him....
January 04, 2018
Fr. John Bartunek, comes from an evangelical Christian background and became a member of the...
January 04, 2018
Scripture isn’t just for monks, says St. John Chrysostom. In fact, the more involved you...
January 03, 2018
St. Ephrem the Syrian reminds us of what it means to live as a Christian....
January 02, 2018
St. Basil uses the example of an octopus to show us what a Christian shouldn’t...
January 01, 2018
Palladius of Galatia tells us what he heard from two wise desert monks. No matter...

December 2017

December 31, 2017
People go wild for shows and sports, says St. Basil, and waste all their time...
December 29, 2017
Shaun McAfee was raised Protestant but at 24, he experienced a profound conversion to the...
December 29, 2017
Just as in our own time, the ancient Roman public flocked to lowbrow enter­tainment full...
December 28, 2017
The pagans, says Tertullian, behave one way in real life and a completely dif­ferent way...
December 27, 2017
There is only one thing we’re allowed to hate, says St. Gregory of Nyssa, and...
December 26, 2017
No one can take salvation away from you, but you can reject it, says St....
December 25, 2017
Living properly isn’t always enough, St. Basil tells a bishop who had been the victim...
December 24, 2017
I can’t help it,” we often say when we’ve cursed and used bad language. St....
December 23, 2017
Is someone abusing or insulting you? Best to keep silent, says St. Ambrose. You will...
December 22, 2017
The devil tempts us to snap back when someone insults us, says St. Ambrose. Or,...
December 21, 2017
Making fun of people makes us like Satan, says St. Ephrem the Syrian. Not only...
December 20, 2017
The visionary Shepherd of Hermas was a very influential book in early Christian times. Here...
December 19, 2017
Chris Stewart is a loving husband, father, and dynamic speaker who has engaged youth and...
December 19, 2017
It’s quite reasonable to joke about people when you know it will actually make them...
December 18, 2017
Watch what you say to the people around you, says St. Clement of Alexandria. A...
December 17, 2017
It’s officially here…..the Christmas time crunch! If you are a last minute shopper and are...
December 17, 2017
We often think a lie is good, or at least harmless, if it brings some...
December 16, 2017
Palladius of Galatia, who spent years among the desert hermits of Egypt, tells the story...
December 15, 2017
St. Ambrose, one of the great thinkers in Christian history, weighed his words carefully. When...
December 14, 2017
It’s easy to get carried away when we start talking, says St. John Chrysostom. We...
December 14, 2017
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