For we must all be made manifest before the judgment-seat. - 2 Cor 5:6-10 Then having alarmed and shaken the hearer by the mention of that judgment seat, he has not even here set down the woeful without the good things, but has mingled something of pleasure, saying,...
Did you know that each month has a traditional Catholic devotion? This year, let’s focus on each devotion month-by-month to grow in our faith and traditions! Make yourself notes, write it on your calendar, and pray a specific prayer each day of the month to remember....
Part 1: The 8 Ecumenical Fathers Ever since I became Catholic, I've heard the title "Doctor of the Church" tossed about... but rarely have I gotten any further in my imagination than "that means he (or she) was really important." But what does it mean to have been...
The feast of St. John Chrysostom is September 13th. He is a Doctor of the Church and was known for his incredibly insightful and powerful preaching. Saint John Chrysostom lived from 349 to 407. As one of the early Church fathers, his writing has been extremely...
“Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil."… For since Jesus did and underwent everything with a view to our instruction he likewise consented to be led there and wrestle against the devil in order that every baptized person who,...
“O what a novel and wonderful mystery! John has not yet been born but already he gives voice with his bounds; he has not yet appeared but already he manifests signs of his presence; he cannot yet cry and already he is heard through what he does; as yet he has not...