On Saturday #OctaveOfEaster, #StJohnChrysostom ponders #Acts 4:13, “For there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” These words belong to a soul that has renounced the present life. His great…” #Catholic #Dailymass patrolo.gy/v4h
On Thursday within #OctaveOfEaster, #StJohnChrysostom ponders #Acts 3:18, “As he had been hard on them and had shown that he whom they crucified had risen, he now relaxes, by giving them the power of repentance: “And now…” #Catholic #Dailymass patrolo.gy/58k
On Monday #OctaveOfEaster, #StJohnChrysostom ponders Acts 2:14, “What is meant by “with the eleven”? They expressed themselves through a common voice, and he spoke for everyone. The eleven stood by as witnesses to what he said…”
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“The power of Christ’s blood” — #StJohnChrysostom — “If we wish to understand the power of Christ’s blood, we should go back to the ancient account of its prefiguration in Egypt. Sacrifice a lamb without blemish, commanded Moses, and sprinkle its…”
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#StJohnChrysostom ponders #Micah 7:18 on Lent 2 Saturday, “For what was it Jesus’ detractors said? “No man can forgive sins, but God alone.” Inasmuch then as they themselves laid down this definition, they themselves introduced…” #Catholic #Dailymass patrolo.gy/lia
On Tuesday of #Lent 2, #StJohnChrysostom ponders #Isaiah 1:16, “Let us become as clean as is possible. Let us wash away our sins. And the prophet teaches us how to wash them away, saying, “Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean…”
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“Christ and Moses” — #StJohnChrysostom — “The Israelites witnessed marvels; you also will witness marvels, greater and more splendid than those which accompanied them on their departure from Egypt. You did not see Pharaoh drowned with his armies…”
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On the #SecondSundayOfLent, #StJohnChrysostom ponders #1Tim 1:8, “Observe how Marcion, and Manes, and Valentinus, and others who introduced their heresies and pernicious doctrines into the church of God, measuring divine things…”
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On Friday of #Lent 1, #StJohnChrysostom ponders Ez. 18:23, “I mean, surely I seek nothing else than a mere end of their wickedness and a stop to their evil? Surely I look for no accounting of past deeds if I see them willing…”
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“Prayer is the light of the spirit” — #StJohnChrysostom — “Prayer and converse with God is a supreme good: it is a partnership and union with God. As the eyes of the body are enlightened when they see light, so our spirit, when it is intent on God…”
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#StJohnChrysostom ponders #Mark 8:21 on Tuesday of Week 6, “Can you hear the intense displeasure in His voice? For nowhere else does He appear to have rebuked them so strongly. Why now? In order to cast out their prejudices…”
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#StJohnChrysostom ponders #Mark 8:12-13 on Monday of Week 6, “But for what sign from heaven were they asking? Maybe that he should hold back the sun, or curb the moon, or bring down thunderbolts, or change the direction of the…”
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“The person fasting ought most of all keep anger in check, learn the lesson of mildness and kindness, have a contrite heart, banish...” #StJohnChrysostom #Sermon8onGenesis #Podcast: Encountering #Jesus with the #ChurchFathers #Catholic #Sunday #Mass
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#StJohnChrysostom ponders Mt 5:20 on OT #Sunday 6, “Jesus speaks of righteousness here as virtue in its fullness. In speaking of Job, Jesus said, “He was a blameless man, righteous.” According to the same meaning of the word...”
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“The person fasting ought most of all keep anger in check, learn the lesson of mildness and kindness, have a contrite heart, banish...” #StJohnChrysostom #Sermon8onGenesis #Podcast: Encountering #Jesus with the #ChurchFathers #Catholic #Sunday #Mass
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“The person fasting ought most of all keep anger in check, learn the lesson of mildness and kindness, have a contrite heart, banish...” #StJohnChrysostom #Sermon8onGenesis #Podcast: Encountering #Jesus with the #ChurchFathers #Catholic #Sunday #Mass
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On the #Memorial of #StPaulMiki and #Companions, #StJohnChrysostom ponders #Mark 6:28, “In what way, then, was this just man harmed by this demise, this violent death, these chains, this imprisonment? Who are those he did not…” #Catholic #Dailymass patrolo.gy/df55eb
The commemoration of St. John Chrysostom, Devotion from the Rev. Larry Beane. #Lutheran #LCMS #DailyLectionary #StJohnChrysostom open.substack.com/pub/revlarry...
"I have fought the good fight" #StJohnChrysostom on the #Memorial of #SaintsTimothyAndTitus - "Though housed in a narrow prison, Paul dwelt in heaven. He accepted beatings and wounds more readily than others reach out for rewards. Sufferings he ..." patrolo.gy/tcx
On the #Memorial of #StFrancisDeSales, #StJohnChrysostom ponders #2 Samuel 1:25, "I will now cite from the Scriptures a wonderful instance of friendship. Jonathan, the son of Saul, loved David, and his soul was so knit to him ..."
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On the #Memorial of #StAnthony (of the Desert), #StJohnChrysostom ponders #1Samuel 10:1 “Furthermore, whenever someone had to be chosen and anointed, the grace of the Spirit would wing its way down and the oil would run on the...”
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#StJohnChrysostom ponders #1Samuel 1:11 on Tuesday of OT 1, “Take note of the woman’s reverence: she did not say, “If you give me three, I shall give you two;” or “if two, I shall give you one.” Instead, “If you give me one, I…”
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On the #Feast of the #HolyFamily of #Jesus, #Mary and #Joseph, #StJohnChrysostom ponders #Colossians 3:14, “Now what Paul wishes to say is that there is no benefit in those things, for all those things fall apart…”
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On the #Feast of #StStephen #FirstMartyr, #StJohnChrysostom ponders #Acts 6:8, “See how even among the seven there was one who was preeminent and who won the first prize. For although the ordination was common to all…”
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“The prophecies showed not only that he was going to be a man but also that he would be conceived, born, and nurtured as any child would be...” #StJohnChrysostom #Podcast: Encountering #Jesus with the #ChurchFathers #Catholic #Sunday #Mass #Advent
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“The prophecies showed not only that he was going to be a man but also that he would be conceived, born, and nurtured as any child would be...” #StJohnChrysostom #Podcast: Encountering #Jesus with the #ChurchFathers #Catholic #Sunday #Mass #Advent patrolo.gy/2025Advent4A
“If we are sheep, we overcome, if wolves, we are overcome” — #StJohnChrysostom — “As long as we are sheep, we overcome and, though surrounded by countless wolves, we emerge victorious; but if we turn into wolves, we are overcome, for we lose the…” patrolo.gy/1co
Sight-Seeing: In ‘Dilexi te’, Pope Leo presents early church as exemplar of love and care for poor. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #SightSeeing #PopeLeoXIV #Dilexite #thepoor #love #Jesus #StIgnatiusofAntioch #StPolycarp #StJustin #StJohnChrysostom #StAugustine
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