Church Rises Like the Dawn – Gregory the Great
Since dawn goes from darkness into light, the Church should be called “dawn” or “first light” says Gregory the Great...
01 June, 2021
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Early Fathers
Justin Martyr -The Account of his Martyrdom
Recounted by an eye-witness, the following is the account of the martyrdom of St. Justin Martyr and companions in Rome about 165 AD. [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]he saints were seized and brought before the prefect of Rome, whose name was Rusticus. As they stood...
01 June, 2021
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Sunday Eucharist in the Early Church – Justin Martyr
Justin here describes the way the Sunday Eucharist was celebrated in Rome about 150 AD about 50-60 years after the last New Testament books. It shows that the Eucharist was interpreted in a very realistic way in the early church....
31 May, 2021
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The Manifold Law of the Lord is summed up in Love – Gregory the Great
These words from Gregory the Great's Moral Reflections on Job extols how the law of the Lord is manifold in that it includes all the virtues which find their perfection in love. Here he especially comments on Paul's ode to love in I Corinthians 13. How...
27 May, 2021
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Trinity: Three Persons, One Creative, Energizing Reality – Athanasius
Athanasius here describes the orthodox and Catholic teaching on God as Trinity, three persons in one divine nature, a wholly creative and energizing reality. The Father, Son and Holy Spirit are an inseparable unity, always acting together....
26 May, 2021
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Simplicity of the Dove, Craftiness of the Serpent – Gregory the Great
Gregory the Great explains the nature of true simplicity making use of the example of Job as well as the Gospel saying of Jesus "Be cunning as serpents and yet as harmless as doves." For him simplicity must be accompanied by the fire...
24 May, 2021
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Mystery of Mercy – Gregory the Great
The mystery of mercy revealed in the sufferings of Christ and our obligation to make that extraordinary mercy known to everyone. Our response must be not only prayer, but evangelization. The connection between the Eucharist in which which receive the blood of Christ...
24 May, 2021
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Pentecost the Holy Spirit as the Dew of God – Irenaeus
This excerpt from 2nd century Church Father, Irenaeus, contains beautiful imagery of the Holy Spirit as the rainfall of God as well as a fascinating allegorical interpretation of parable of the Good Samaritan to illustrate the role of the various persons of the Holy Trinity-...
23 May, 2021
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Job and Life’s Trials – Gregory the Great
Gregory the Great here discusses the role of affliction, pain, suffering and trials in our life with God which is the great problem of the book of Job.....
21 May, 2021
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Inundated by the Gifts of the Spirit – Hilary
Hilary of Poitiers, describes how new Christians in 4th Century France typically felt innundated by the gifts of the Holy Spirit upon their baptism, Confirmation, & first Eucharist: a sense of joy and the release of the 7 gifts and charisms....
18 May, 2021
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