Great Intellectuals-Introduction
It is no exaggeration to say that the Catholic Church saved Western Civilization. After the fall of Rome in 476 AD, much of the prestigious culture enjoyed by the European…
The Defense of Christianity
By: St. Justin Martyr No one may share the Eucharist with us unless he believes that what we teach is true, unless he is washed in the regenerating waters of…
The Spiritual Passover
By: Pseudo-Chrysostom The Passover we celebrate brings salvation to the whole human race beginning with the first man, who together with all the others is saved and given life. In…
The Easter Praise of Christ
By: St. Melito of Sardis We should understand, beloved, that the paschal mystery is at once old and new, transitory and eternal, corruptible and incorruptible, mortal and immortal. In terms…
The Church as Sacrament of Salvation
The Second Vatican Council See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. I…
The Theology of Spiritual Communion
By: Fr. Blake Britton The Church has weathered numerous storms throughout her history. Wars, plagues, famines, persecution…all of these are impressed upon the memory of Mother Church, forming her age-old…
Prayer knocks, Fasting obtains, Mercy receives
By: St. Peter Chrysologus There are three things, my brethren, by which faith stands firm, devotion remains constant, and virtue endures. They are prayer, fasting and mercy. Prayer knocks at…
Almsgiving
What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister has nothing to…
Fasting
By: Fr. Blake Britton Fasting is among the oldest religious practices in the history. For millennia, it has been recognized as a means of achieving virtue. Nowadays, however, in a…