Job and Life’s Trials – Gregory the Great
Gregory the Great here discusses the roles of affliction and trials in our life with God which is the great problem of the book of Job....
24 March, 2019
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Old Testament
Sing to the Lord a New Song! – Augustine
This excerpt from an Eastertide sermon by Saint Augustine was addressed to the newly baptized, who Augustine considers as the chosen, holy seed who have been born again in Jesus Christ through the Sacrament of baptism. These new men and women are now sharers...
11 March, 2019
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Man Born Blind, Sacraments & the Lion of Judah
The gospel story of the healing of the man born blind is notable for the method Jesus used to work this miracle - he made mud with spittle and clay and rubbed it on the man's eyes. This is a figure of the sacraments...
02 March, 2019
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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, 2019
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Old and New Covenant – Irenaeus
With the coming of the New Covenant, much in the Old Law of Moses is rendered obsolete. But the Ten Commandments, otherwise known as the Decalogue, has eternal value, says St. Irenaeus, because it enshrines justice to God & neighbor....
01 March, 2019
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Temptation of Jesus Christ in the Desert – 1st Sunday of Lent
The Temptation of Jesus in the Desert is the gospel of the first Sunday of Lent. The purple color of Lent symbolizes penance, but also royalty. As we remember how the first Adam was tempted and failed his test, we rejoice that...
28 February, 2019
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Widow’s Mite, Widow’s Meal – the Beauty of Hidden Gifts
The gospel story of the Widow's Mite and the Old Testament visit of the prophet Elijah to the Widow of Zarephath are well known bible tales. Two simple but heroic women -- who call us to heroic virtue in a hidden way, in the midst...
04 November, 2018
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On Weak Christians – Augustine
Augustine on the duty of pastors to strengthen weak Christians. The weak are those who want to live a good life but are unable to endure the sufferings that inevitably threaten. Some are so ill that they are like the paralytic who needed to be...
17 September, 2018
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If I Forget You Jersusalem – Bruno the Carthusian
St. Bruno on Psalm 84. "How lovely is your dwelling place" is taken to refer not so much to the Jerusalem temple as the heavenly dwelling of God in heaven according to the spiritual / anagogical sense of Scripture....
14 September, 2018
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The Rich Young Man and King Solomon
Both the Rich Young Man in Mark's Gospel and King Solomon had a very difficult choice to make. In a similar moment of decision, what would be the desire of your heart? Wisdom and adventure, or comfort and convenience? Where do true riches...
12 September, 2018
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