30th Sunday in Ordinary Time

This Sunday's Catena is longer than the last few weeks' since the Fathers wax eloquent on the apparent similarities and real differences between pride and humility, as exemplified by the Pharisee and the Publican.

29th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Once again, the Catena for this Sunday's Gospel is so brief (yet still profound) that I have added another excerpt from one of St. John Chrysostom's homilies on Second Timothy.

28th Sunday in Ordinary Time

This week's short catena is again supplemented with an excerpt from one of St. John Chrysostom's homilies on Second Timothy.

27th Sunday in Ordinary Time

The Catena for today's Gospel is brief, though profound, and so I've added an excerpt from St. John Chrysostom's first homily on St. Paul's second epistle to Timothy. St. John's marvelous ability to describe the human condition as it is shines right through.

26th Sunday in Ordinary Time

You can find the pdf version of today's Catena here. It's large print so you can use Adobe Reader's booklet option without the text becoming minuscule.

The Fathers are keen on the recurring theme of the afterlife's finality, which is not a limitation but rather a necessary result of all limitations being removed.

Classes Resume

This Sunday, September 23, our course resumes its study of the Church Fathers commenting on the day's Gospel.

Here is a PDF of Sunday's Catena.

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

PDF Catena.