“Put the Lord in your hearts, then, you who are empty and fickle in the faith. You will then know that nothing is easier, sweeter, or more gentle than these mandates. Be converted, you who walk in...

“Wherever the bishop appears, there let the people be; as wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church.” In a previous episode, we heard St. Ignatius of Antioch’s letter to the bishop of Smyrna....

“This is the faith by which the Catholic Church lives and progresses, namely, that humanity is believed to exist in Jesus Christ not without real divinity, and divinity, not without real...

“The axe of the Gospel must now be laid at the roots of the barren tree and the tree must be delivered to the flames with its unfruitful leaves, so that he who has never learned to speak might learn at length to hold his...

“It cannot be said, then, because we have not to bear the burden and the heat of the day, that therefore we have returned to paradise. It is not that our work is lighter, but our strength is...

“Since, then, no one is allowed to be remiss in the service due to God, and since the chief duty of all men is to cling to religion in both its reaching and practice—not such religion as they may have a preference...

“Whoever, then, appears in his own opinion to have comprehended the Sacred Scriptures, or even some part of them, yet does not build up with that knowledge the two-fold love of God and his neighbor, has not yet known as...

“In accordance with the view of the apostle Paul, let us give attention to the text—that we can, as he himself says, receive ‘the mind of Christ’ and know ‘the things that are given us by...

“But, if some shall disobey the words which have been spoken by Him through us, let them know that they will involve themselves in no small transgression and danger.” November 23 is the memorial of St. Clement of...

Catholic Culture Audiobooks presents a 6-part series of St. Athansius’ famous biography of St. Anthony. Listen to the entirety of Athansius’ Life of St. Anthony without interruption. You may already be familiar,...