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Bread on the Trail
Saint Augustine on the Feast of Peter and Paul
By
Deacon Keith Fournier
The Martyrs Had Seen what they Proclaimed This day has been consecrated for us by the martyrdom of the blessed apostles Peter and Paul. It is not some obscure martyrs we are talking about. Their sound has gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world. These martyrs had…
From a treatise on the Lord’s Prayer, Saint Cyprian
By
Deacon Keith Fournier
After the gift of bread we ask pardon for our sins As the Lord’s Prayer continues, we ask: Give us this day our daily bread. We can understand this petition in a spiritual and in a literal sense. For in the divine plan both senses may help toward our salvation. For Christ is the bread…
The Holy Spirit Renews us in Baptism
By
Deacon Keith Fournier
From the treatise On the Trinity by Didymus of Alexandria The Holy Spirit renews us in baptism through his godhead, which he shares with the Father and the Son. Finding us in a state of deformity, the Spirit restores our original beauty and fills us with his grace, leaving no room for anything unworthy of…
The Lamb that was Slain has Delivered us from Death and Given us Life
By
Deacon Keith Fournier
From an Easter homily by Saint Melito of Sardis, bishop: The Lamb that was slain has delivered us from death and given us life There was much proclaimed by the prophets about the mystery of the Passover: that mystery is Christ, and to him be glory for ever and ever. Amen. For the sake…
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