St. Ambrose from Mysteries, 6-21 (trans. SC 25, 112) Lent leads us to a baptismal resurrection Naaman was a Syrian who had leprosy and could not be cured by anyone. Then a young slave girl said there was a prophet in Israel who could cleans him of his leprous affliction… Now learn who was that young girl among his…
St. Proclus of Constantinople from Sermon 9, for Palm Sunday (PG 65, 772) “Blessed is he who comes, he, our King!” This day, my beloved, is a day of the greatest importance. It asks from us great desire, overwhelming eagerness, a brisk going forward to stand awaiting the heavenly King. Paul, messenger of the Good News, has told us: “The…
St. Paulinus of Nola Letter 38, 3-4 (PL 61, 359-360) “In the world you will have trouble, but take courage, I have conquered the world.” From the beginning of the world Christ suffers in all his own, for he is “the beginning and the end”, (Rv 1,8) who is cloaked in the Law and revealed in the Gospel, a Lord…
St. Amadeus of Lausanne from 4th Sermon on Mary (SC 72) The finger of God “May your hand be ready to help me!” (Ps 119[118],173). The Father’s beloved Son is he whom we call the hand of God, he through whom God created all things. This hand intervened when it took our flesh, not simply without injury to his mother,…