Tag Archives: St. Ambrose

St. Ambrose: silent reader, croaking crow – beloved of Augustine, hated by Jerome

Today’s first entry in the Martyrologium Romanum says: 1. Memoria sancti Ambrisii, episcopi Mediolanensis et Ecclesiae doctoris, qui pridie Nonas aprilis in Domino obdormivit, sed hac die potissimum colitur, qua celebrem sedem adhuc catechumenus gubernandam suscepit, cum civitatis praefecturae officio … Read More

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5th Joyful Mystery: The Finding in the Temple

We continue our Patristic Rosary Project today with the: 5th Joyful Mystery: The Finding in the Temple Pious Jews would go to Jerusalem for the Passover so that they could bring a lamb to the Temple to be sacrificed at … Read More

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