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Category Archives: Patristiblogging
PODCAzT 49: Leo the Great on Epiphany; Lefebvre compared to Athanasius; feedback
Epiphany is our focus today, on this great feast. We hear from St. Pope Leo the Great (+461) and explore the origins of Epiphany and some of the beautiful customs associated with it. Then I address some of your feedback. … Read More
PODCAzT 48: Athanasius on Mary and Christ; Gamber, Schuler and turned around altars
In this first PODCAzT of a new year of salvation, and the first in a long time, we hear from that lion of bishops, St. Athanasius (+373), about the Blessed Virgin and the true humanity of Christ. We talk about … Read More
Benedict XVI’s nearly unnoticed Letter on St. John Chrysostom: reconciliation of Churches, liturgy, social justice, patristics
On 8 November, the Holy See released a letter of Pope Benedict for the 1600th anniversary of the death of St. John Chrysostom, a doctor of the Church of great importance to both the West and the Eastern Churches. The … Read More
Fr. Robert Dodaro on the importance of Patristic studies
UPDATE: The translation provided by Zenit was somewhat flawed. Corrections have been made. Pay attention to this very good interview done by Zenit with the President of the Patristic Institute Augustinianum. Be aware that is NOT a good English rendering … Read More
PODCAzT 47: Augustine on how to pray; how to treat newcomers at the older Mass
Today St. Augustine (+430) talks to us about how to prayer, especially in light of the Our Father. We take an excerpt from his letter 130 to an elderly Roman widow, Proba, who was refugee in North Africa after Alaric … Read More
Where is St. Jerome’s body?
I posted this last year. But I put so much work into it that it deserves recycling. Some time ago, there was a discussion on one of our splendid Catholic blogs making mention of the burial place of St. Jerome … Read More
PODCAzT 45: Augustine on pastors; my Motu Proprio sermon in England; chapel veils
It has been almost a month since the last PODCAzT. My travels and time restrictions have kept me busy. But today we listen to St. Augustine of Hippo talk about shepherds in union with Christ. Also, I have provided a … Read More
Jerome on fatigue in work
My state in life as a writer: Why, we yawn if we read for over an hour; we rub our foreheads and vainly try to suppress our languor. And then, after this great feat, we plunge for relief into worldly … Read More
29 August: Beheading of St. John the Baptist… “decreased”… by the sword
Today is the feast of the Beheading of John the Baptist. I consider this (also) my name day, and in a way it is even more appropriate than the Nativity of John in June! Here is the Roman Martyrology entry … Read More
Augustine’s bones
Augustine died on 28 August 430. His friend and biographer Possidius describes his last days during the siege of Hippo by the Vandals. Sometime before the early 8th century, Augustine’s remains were translated from N. Africa to Sardinia for fear … Read More
excalibur on I am not making this up. Could it explain about clerics from a certain country?: “Where do they find these guys? Off, off Broadway? Or off, off the Midway?”
