The ability to love is within each of us – Saint Basil the Great, bishop
Love of God is not something that can be taught. We did not learn from someone else how to rejoice in light or want to live, or to love…
The baptism of Christ – Saint Gregory of Nazianzus, bishop
Today let us do honor to Christ’s baptism and celebrate this feast in holiness. Be cleansed entirely and continue to be cleansed. Nothing gives such pleasure to God as the…
The Lord has made his salvation known to the whole world – Saint Leo the Great, pope
Dear friends, now that we have received instruction in this revelation of God’s grace, let us celebrate with spiritual joy the day of our first harvesting, of the first calling…
God became man so that man might become God – Saint Augustine, bishop
My brethren, what miracles! What prodigies! The laws of nature are changed in the case of man. God is born. A virgin becomes pregnant with man. The Word of God…
The birthday of the Lord is the birthday of peace! – Saint Leo the Great, pope
The birthday of the Lord is the birthday of peace! – Saint Leo the Great, pope For every believer regenerated in Christ, no matter in what part of the whole…
The vision of the Word will fulfill all our desires – Saint Augustine, bishop
What man knows all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden in Christ, concealed in the poverty of his flesh? Scripture says: Although he was rich he became poor for…
A mystery ever new – Saint Maximus the Confessor, abbot
The great mystery of the divine incarnation remains a mystery for ever. How can the Word made flesh be essentially the same person that is wholly with the Father? How…