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.
- 29 Giugno, 2020
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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
- 27 Giugno, 2020
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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 open
- 20 Giugno, 2020
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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 ope
- 04 Giugno, 2020
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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 prop
- 31 Maggio, 2020
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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 j
- 26 Maggio, 2020
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The days between the resurrection and the ascension of the Lord – Saint Leo the Great0
Beloved, the days which passed between the Lord’s resurrection and his ascension were by no means uneventful; during them great sacramental mysteries were confirmed, great truths revealed. In those days the fear of death with all its horror
- 20 Maggio, 2020
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The Holy Spirit renews us in baptism – Didymus of Alexandria0
The Holy Spirit renews us in baptism through his godhead, which he shares with the Father and the Son.
Finding us in a state of deformity, the Spirit restores our original beauty and fills us with his grace, leaving no room for anyth
Finding us in a state of deformity, the Spirit restores our original beauty and fills us with his grace, leaving no room for anyth
- 18 Maggio, 2020
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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 a
- 04 Maggio, 2020
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