From the letters to Saint Ignatius by Saint Francis Xavier, priest
Woe to me if I do not preach the Gospel We have visited the villages of the new converts who accepted the Christian religion a few years ago. No Portuguese…
From a sermon by Saint Bernard, abbot
God’s Word will come to us We know that there are three comings of the Lord. The third lies between the other two. It is invisible, while the other two…
From a sermon by Saint Gregory Nazianzen, bishop
The marvel of the Incarnation The very Son of God, older than the ages, the invisible, the incomprehensible, the incorporeal, the beginning of beginning, the light of light, the fountain…
From a homily on the Gospel of John by Saint John Chrysostom, bishop
We have found the Messiah After Andrew had stayed with Jesus and had learned much from him, he did not keep this treasure to himself, but hastened to share it…
From a catechetical instruction by Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, bishop
On the twofold coming of Christ We do not preach only one coming of Christ, but a second as well, much more glorious than the first. The first coming was…
From a sermon by Saint Augustine, bishop
Let us sing alleluia to the good God who delivers us from evil Let us sing alleluia here on earth, while we still live in anxiety, so that we may…
From a sermon on man’s mortality by Saint Cyprian, bishop
Let us banish the fear of death and think of the eternal life that follows it Our obligation is to do God’s will, and not our own. We must remember…
From a homily on Matthew by Saint John Chrysostom, bishop
If we are sheep, we overcome, if wolves, we are overcome As long as we are sheep, we overcome and, though surrounded by countless wolves, we emerge victorious; but if…
From a homily attributed to Saint Macarius, bishop
Woe to the soul that does not have Christ dwelling in it When God was displeased with the Jews, he delivered Jerusalem to the enemy, and they were conquered by…