From a sermon by Saint Peter Chrysologus, bishop
In the mystery of our Lord’s incarnation there were clear indications of his eternal Godhead. Yet the great events we celebrate today disclose and reveal in different ways the fact…
From a sermon by Saint Leo the Great, pope
The loving providence of God determined that in the last days he would aid the world, set on its course to destruction. He decreed that all nations should be saved…
From a conference to her spiritual daughters by Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
I will tell you what is my own great help. I once read or heard that an interior life means but the continuation of our Savior’s life in us; that…
From a treatise on John by Saint Augustine, bishop
The Lord, the teacher of love, full of love, came in person with summary judgment on the world, as had been foretold of him, and showed that the law and the…
From a sermon by Saint Gregory Nazianzen, bishop
Basil and I were both in Athens. We had come, like streams of a river, from the same source in our native land, had separated from each other in pursuit…
From a letter by Saint Athanasius, bishop
The Apostle tells us: The Word took to himself the sons of Abraham, and so had to be like his brothers in all things. He had then to take a body like…
From a sermon by Saint Leo the Great, pope
Although the state of infancy, which the majesty of the Son of God did not disdain to assume, developed with the passage of time into maturity of manhood, and although…
From a treatise On the Refutation of All Heresies, by Saint Hippolytus, priest and martyr
When we have come to know the true God, both our bodies and our souls will be immortal and incorruptible. We shall enter the kingdom of heaven, because while we…
From an address by Venerable Paul VI, pope
Nazareth is a kind of school where we may begin to discover what Christ’s life was like and even to understand his Gospel. Here we can observe and ponder the…