Instruction on the postbaptismal rites – Saint Ambrose0
After this you went up to the priest.
Consider what followed.
Was it not what David spoke of when he said: Like oil on the head, running down on the beard, the beard of Aaron?
This is the oil spoken of also by Solomon: Your name is oil poured out, so that the maidens loved you and
- 19 luglio, 2018
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God can be found in man’s heart – Saint Gregory of Nyssa0
In our human life bodily health is a good thing, but this blessing consists not merely in knowing the causes of good health but in actually enjoying it. If a man eulogizes good health and then eats food that has unhealthy effects, what good is his praise of health when he finds himsel
- 30 giugno, 2018
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The martyrs realized what they taught – saint Augustine0
This day has been made holy by the passion of the blessed apostles Peter and Paul. We are, therefore, not talking about some obscure martyrs. For their voice has gone forth to all the world, and to the ends of the earth their message.
These martyrs realized what they taught: th
These martyrs realized what they taught: th
- 29 giugno, 2018
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Mary stored up all these things in her heart – Saint Laurence Justinian, bishop0
While Mary contemplated all she had come to know through reading, listening and observing, she grew in faith, increased in merits, and was more illuminated by wisdom and more consumed by the fire of charity. The heavenly mysteries were opened to her, and she was filled with joy; she b
- 09 giugno, 2018
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The Church moves forward like the advancing dawn – Saint Gregory the Great0
Since the daybreak or the dawn is changed gradually from darkness into light, the Church, which comprises the elect, is fittingly styled daybreak or dawn. While she is being led from the night of infidelity to the light of faith, she is opened gradually to the splendor of heavenly bri
- 07 giugno, 2018
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Rejoice in the Lord always – Saint Ambrose0
Rejoice in the Lord always
Dear brethren, God’s love is calling us to the joys of eternal happiness for the salvation of our souls. You have just listened to the reading from the Apostle in which he says: Rejoice in the Lord always.
The joys of this world lead to eternal misery, but
- 26 maggio, 2018
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The sending of the Holy Spirit – Saint Irenaeus0
When the Lord told his disciples to go and teach all nations and baptize them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, he conferred on them the power of giving men new life in God.
He had promised through the prophets that in these last days he would pour ou
- 20 maggio, 2018
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The work of the Holy Spirit – Saint Basil the Great0
The titles given to the Holy Spirit must surely stir the soul of anyone who hears them, and make him realize that they speak of nothing less than the supreme Being. Is he not called the Spirit of God, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, the steadfast Spirit, the guiding
- 15 maggio, 2018
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The Spirit gives life – Saint Basil the Great0
Our Lord made a covenant with us through baptism in order to give us eternal life. There is in baptism an image both of death and of life, the water being the symbol of death, the Spirit giving the pledge of life. The association of water and the Spirit is explained by the twofold pur
- 23 aprile, 2018
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The cross of Christ gives life to the human race – Saint Ephrem0
Death trampled our Lord underfoot, but he in his turn treated death as a highroad for his own feet. He submitted to it, enduring it willingly, because by this means he would be able to destroy death in spite of itself. Death had its own way when our Lord went out from Jerusalem carryi
- 20 aprile, 2018
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