July 18, 2021
“Before he begins to preach,” St. Augustine taught the would-be preacher, “he should raise his thirsty soul to God in order that he may give forth what he shall drink, or pour out what shall fill him.”[1]
July 3, 2021
I’ve told this story before, about a monk named Pachomius, one of the early fathers of monasticism.
April 17, 2021
Ignorance of Scripture, St. Jerome said, is ignorance of Christ. We’ve heard this often. We know it’s true.
April 3, 2021
This is the night, very simply and gloriously, of our salvation.