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November 2016

November 22, 2016
Abba Anthony said, "A time is coming when men will go mad, and when they...
November 21, 2016
Recently, there  has been some controversy over Pope Francis’ desire for the Catholic Church to...
November 16, 2016
There is a reason for everything. Every act brings about an effect. The potential used...
November 15, 2016
A hunter in the desert saw Abba Anthony enjoying himself with the brethren and he...
November 13, 2016
Open your mouth for the dumb, for the rights of all who are left desolate....
November 10, 2016
When the unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he passes through waterless places...
November 09, 2016
Want to be great?  Imitate the Lord of all: he humbled himself before all and...
November 08, 2016
In medieval times, it was not uncommon for unsavory clerics, religious and laity to be...
November 07, 2016
When the holy Abba Anthony lived in the desert he was beset by accidie, and...
November 05, 2016
Praised be You, my Lord, through our Sister Bodily Death, from whom no living man...
November 03, 2016
When we are talking about God, we are talking about that which is absolute, that...
November 02, 2016
Many, if not most, of those who want to argue against the existence of God...

October 2016

October 31, 2016
While we can read about many who have been killed for the sake of the...
October 27, 2016
This is the last of four posts looking to the way various Ante-Nicene Fathers engaged...
October 26, 2016
The best way to spend 30 pieces of silver. By now, you probably have heard...
October 26, 2016
This is the third of four posts looking to the way various Ante-Nicene Fathers engaged...
October 24, 2016
This is the second of four posts looking to the way various Ante-Nicene Fathers engaged...
October 21, 2016
Silent darkness covers the entire land, Hiding the misshapen faces on parade. The shadows which...
October 20, 2016
In the early years of the Christian faith, one of the many difficulties Christians faced...
October 18, 2016
Twenty-four seven, Trump trumps the faith: Who wants to read about spirituality When you can...
October 17, 2016
The brethren came to the Abba Anthony and said to him, "Speak a word; how...
October 16, 2016
Shin Godzilla , previously entitled Godzilla Resurgence, brings Godzilla back home to Toho, the 29th...
October 14, 2016
Ancient Christians will tell us, however wrong and faulty their faiths might have been, pagans...
October 12, 2016
One day Abba Anthony received a letter from the Emperor Constantius, asking him to come...
October 10, 2016
In his epistle to Diognetus, the second century Christian Mathetes explained the relationship between Christians...
October 06, 2016
There is a joke some pagans (and some atheists) have come up with, which they...
October 05, 2016
This is the third part of a three part series reflecting upon the universal spiritual...
October 04, 2016
This is the second part of a three part series reflecting upon the universal spiritual...
October 03, 2016
St. Augustine gifted us with one of his greatest and beloved insights at the beginning...

September 2016

September 30, 2016
For the past several months, I have posted a series of reflections and contemplations based...
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