Death, Detachment, and Advent
All life should be a meditation on death. Socrates taught this to his disciples, and he was not alone. St. Gregory insisted that...
Prepare for the Coming
The city of Rome was bursting with anticipation. The streets and alleys echoed with excitement. Butchers prepared cattle for the...
Feelings of Resentment
“My children, let us fear coldness and enmity towards our brethren, as well as the various thoughts that accompany these attitudes”...
The Doing is Everything
“Never does the human nature put forth itself in such power, with such effort, with such energy as to have faith in God…It is the doing...