Letter of Ignatius of Antioch to the Smyrnaeans

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[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']I[/dropcaps]gnatius, who is also called Theophorus, to the Church of God the Father, and of the beloved Jesus Christ, which has through mercy obtained every kind of gift, which is filled with faith and love, and is deficient in no...

13 October, 2016 /

Columban. also known as Columbanus, here shows passionate fire of his Celtic monastic spirituality. Commenting on Luke 12:37-38 where Jesus praises those servants who stay awake, their lamps brightly burning in expectation of the master's return, Columban asks that his lamp would burn brighly...

11 October, 2016 /

Cyril of Alexandria, commenting on the book of Haggai, speaks of the Church, the Body of Christ, as the new temple that we must busy ourselves with building and the peace that passes understanding as the reward given to those who rebuild it....

09 October, 2016 /

[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']A[/dropcaps]ll holiness and perfection of soul lies in our love for Jesus Christ our God, who is our Redeemer and our supreme good. It is part of the love of God to acquire and to nurture all the virtues which...

25 September, 2016 /

[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']Y[/dropcaps]ou have already been told about the wicked things shepherds desire. Let us now consider what they neglect. You have failed to strengthen what was weak, to heal what was sick, and to bind up what was injured (that is,...

17 September, 2016 /

Gesu’ ci chiama ad avere almeno tanta fede quanto un seme di senape. Inoltre continua a ripetere ai suoi discepoli il comando: non temere! S. Francesco d’Assisi ci mostra come abbandonare il timore e crescere nella fede. [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='65' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]utti noi ammiriamo gli...

13 September, 2016 /

In Luca 14, Gesù dice delle parole molto preoccupanti per chi vuole essere suo discepolo. Parla della chiamata al discepolato che richiede che la gente non solo rinunci ai suoi beni, ma anche alla propria vita ed alla famiglia. L'esempio di Thomas More ci mostra che...

13 September, 2016 /

On February 3, 1994, Mother Teresa was invited to speak at the National Prayer Breakfast sponsored by the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. President Clinton and his wife Hillary along with Vice President Al Gore and his wife Tipper were also in attendance....

02 September, 2016 /
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