In today's Office of Readings we encounter a reading from a sermon of Saint Leo the Great, pope (-461 A.D.). For a reflection, "The Lord has made his salvation known to the whole world," please click on the image. Peace be with you!
In today's Office of Readings we encounter a reading from a treatise on John by St Augustine (354-430 A.D.).
He wrote an enormous amount and left a permanent mark on both philosophy and theology. His Confessions, as dazzling in style as they are deep in content, are a landmark of world literature. The Second Readings in the Office of Readings contain extracts from many of his sermons and commentaries and also from the Confessions.
For a reflection, "The twin commandments of love," please click on the image.
Peace be with you!
In today's Office of Readings we encounter a reading from a sermon by St. Gregory Nazianzen (329 - 390 A.D.). Gregory Nazianzen, “Gregory of Nazianzus”, was the son of Gregory, Bishop of Nazianzus, a Christian convert. (Nazianzus is a small town in Cappadocia, now the village of Nenizi in the Turkish province of Aksaray). He is one of three men we call “the Cappadocian Fathers”. These three were active after the Council of Nicaea, working to formulate Trinitarian doctrine precisely and, in particular, to pin down the meaning and role of the least humanly comprehensible member of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit (credit: Universalis.com). For a reflection, "Two bodies, but a single spirit," please click on the image. Peace be with you!
In today's Office of Readings we encounter a reading from a letter by St Athanasius (295-373 A.D.).
Athanasius was born in Alexandria. He assisted Bishop Alexander at the Council of Nicaea, and later succeeded him as bishop. He fought hard against Arianism all his life, undergoing many sufferings and spending a total of 17 years in exile. He wrote outstanding works to explain and defend orthodoxy.
For a reflection, "The Word took our nature from Mary," please click on the image.
Peace be with you!
In today's Office of Readings we encounter a reading from a sermon of Saint Leo the Great, pope (-461 A.D.). For a reflection, "The birthday of the Lord is the birthday of peace," please click on the image. Peace be with you!
