Readings for Meditation
and Study
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The
Passion, Death, & Resurrection of Jesus Christ:
meditations from the accounts of Matthew, Mark, Luke & John
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The
Cross of Jesus Christ readings
and meditations on the victory of the cross of Christ
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News
of the Resurrection! a
selection of readings and meditations for the Easter season
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Remembering
the Passover and Exodus: selections & meditations from Exodus,
Numbers, and Leviticus
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Countering
the Vices with Virtues: a study on the
formation of Christian character and growth in virtues in light of the
scriptures and Christian teaching, by Don Schwager
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On
Saints and Saintliness, by John Henry Newman (1801-1890)
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Why
the Church Needs Saints, by W.E. Sangster (1900-1960)
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A
New Kind of Saint, by Donald G. Bloesch (written in 1984)
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Taking
the high road to repentance: a meditation on Isaiah 58, by
Don Schwager
Sermons
by early Church Fathers
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Repent,
from
a letter to the Corinthians, by Clement of Rome, 1st century
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The
Friendship of God, by Irenaeus, 2nd century
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He
has given us life; he has taught us how to pray, by Cyprian, 3rd
century
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And
lead us not into temptation, by
Origen, 3rd century
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But
deliver us from evil, by
Cyprian of Carthage, 3rd century
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Circumcision
of the heart, by Aphraates, 4th century
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Let
us glory in temptation,
by Ambrose of Milan, 4th century
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Forgive
us our trespasses, by
Cassian, 4th century
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Hunger
for righteousness, by Gregory of Nyssa, 4th century
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In
Christ we suffered temptation, and
in him we overcome the devil, by Augustine, 5th century
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Till
Christ be fully formed in you, by Augustine, 5th century
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Purification
of Spirit through
fasting and almsgiving, by Leo the Great, 5th century
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Prayer
is the light of the Spirit, by
John Chrysostom, 5th cen.
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Sin
is in no way the fault of our nature, by John Chrysostom, 5th century
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Let
us be wholly absorbed by grace, by Pseudo-Marcarius
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Persevering
is more important than beginning, from
the Book of Sparkling Sayings, by Defensor Grammaticus, 7th c.
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