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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Old Testament
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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Good Friday, True Day of Atonement – Origen
Origen here shows how the Lord Jesus Christ is the true High Priest and sacrifice whose death occurs on Good Friday, the eternal Day of Atonement foreshadowed by the Yom Kippur of the Old Covenant. In this selection we also learn why the early...
24 March, 2021
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Fear of the Lord – Hilary of Poitiers
Hilary of Poitiers explains what the "Fear of the Lord" really means in Proverbs, Psalms and Wisdom literature of the Old Testament Scriptures. The Lord Jesus Christ is himself the way to the fear of the Lord that leads to perfect love....
04 March, 2021
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Pedagogy of the Law – Irenaeus
Paul's concept of "pedagogy," further developed here by Irenaeus, holds that the whole period of the Old Testament with all its characters, events, and institutions, was a preparation for and foreshadowing of the fullness of revelation that was to come in Jesus Christ and his...
01 March, 2021
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Moses and Christ – John Chrysostom
Here John Chrysostom contrasts the Red Sea with baptism, Moses with Christ, showing us that while Old Testament realities point forward to the events of the New Covenant, they cannot begin to equal them. ...
28 February, 2021
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Isaac, Abraham & the Meaning of Lenten Sacrifice – 2nd Sunday of Lent B
On the Second Sunday of Lent, the church places together the story of Abraham and Isaac on Mt. Moriah with the story of Jesus and three disciples on the Mount of Transfiguration. Together, these stories teach us the meaning of Lenten sacrifice....
23 February, 2021
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Meditate on God’s Wisdom – Ambrose
Ambrose here speaks of the Lord Jesus Christ as the Wisdom of God upon whom we must meditate day and night, whether we are at work or rest, at home or abroad (see Deuteronomy 6:4-9)....
16 February, 2021
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Hope in Hardship – Abraham & the Transfiguration
The call of Abraham and the Transfiguration of Jesus are presented to us on the 2nd Sunday of Lent because they teach us about how to approach hardship and suffering with faith and hope....
10 February, 2021
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