Mystery of the Lord’s Baptism – Maximus of Turin
St. Maximus of Turin for the Feast of the Epiphany on the mystery of the Lord's baptism in the Jordan....
03 January, 2021
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Saints
Baptism of the Lord – Gregory Nazianzen
Here Gregory Nazianzen points out that Christ was baptized not for his sake but for ours. Sanctifying the waters of baptism for all generations to come, he manifested the the Trinity through the Spirit who comes to rest on him in the form of...
03 January, 2021
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Christmas, the Birthday of Peace – Leo the Great
Leo the Great reminds us that Christmas, the nativity of the Lord Jesus, is the birthday of peace and our birthday as well, since we are members of Christ's body, the Church....
31 December, 2020
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Without Real Effort No one Wins the Crown – Thomas Becket
St. Thomas Becket gave his life rather than allow his king to trample the rights of God and his church. Here he exhorts fellow Christian leaders to the courage and initiative that he exemplified. Without real effort he writes, no one wins the crown. His...
29 December, 2020
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Feast of the Holy Family – God enters into everyday life
The Feast of the Holy Family is an essential part of the Christmas Season. It makes clear that the Incarnation means not just that the Divine Word assumed a human body, but entered into every aspect of human life, including family life....
27 December, 2020
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Creator of Time is Born in Time – Leo the Great
Saint Leo says the genealogy of Jesus given us in Luke and Matthew's gospels shows that Jesus was truly one of us, possessing a complete human nature. He did not merely appear in human form, as in the biblical types and scriptural symbols of the...
21 December, 2020
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Incarnation and Human Dignity – Peter Chrysologus
Peter Chrysologus notes the meaning of the incarnation, God becoming man, for human dignity. The humanity of Christ is the original sacrament from which all the others flow....
20 December, 2020
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Born for us, Emmanuel – Irenaeus
Irenaeus, ca. AD 185, here writes of the incarnation, the Word of God born for us as Emmanuel, Jesus Christ, Son of Man, the sign of our salvation. He comes to restore God's likeness in us and lead us to glory. [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color=''...
17 December, 2020
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Father, forgive them; Christ, model of brotherly love – Aelred
Aelred of Rievaulx on Jesus Christ as the model of brotherly love and patience through his forgiveness of persecutors and enemies and his prayer from the cross "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do."...
15 December, 2020
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Salvation History as the quest to see God’s Face – Peter Chrysologus
St. Peter Chrysologus here chronicles the long history of humanity's search for God and quest to see his face. An apt meditation on the history of salvation for Advent, the season of hope and longing....
10 December, 2020
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