Through the Church Fathers

• Through the Church Fathers: November 5

  The Church’s worship leads the soul upward—lifting hearts from earth to heaven. In today’s readings, Cyril of Jerusalem unfolds the mystery of the Eucharist and the prayer that binds heaven and earth, Augustine writes to Nebridius about friendship purified by truth and the love of God, and Aquinas shows how passion, rightly ordered, becomes the servant of reason rather than its tyrant (Philippians 4:7).Readings:Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures, Lecture 23 (On the Sacred Liturgy and Communion)Augustine of Hippo, Letters, Letter 10 (To Nebridius, on the Joy of Friendship and Truth)Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, Part 1–2, Question 38 (Combined articles—Of the Passions That Soften or Agitate the Soul)Explore the Project:Through the Church Fathers – https://www.throughthechurchfathers.comPatreon – https://www.patreon.com/cmichaelpattonCredo Courses – https://www.credocourses.comCredo Ministries – https://www.credoministries.org#CyrilOfJerusalem #Augustine #SummaTheologica #ChurchFathers #Eucharist #Friendship #Passion #HistoricalTheology

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• Through the Church Fathers: November 4

  When the heart grows weary, even joy can feel beyond reach. Today, Aquinas explains how pleasure touches sorrow—how the soul, moved by divine sweetness, finds rest in the very presence of God (1–2.38.1).In Augustine, the great week of creation closes with the eternal Sabbath. He sees in the seventh day the image of that rest which never ends, where God is both our peace and our delight (13.35–38).And in Hermas, the mountains of the world rise before us—twelve nations, twelve kinds of hearts. Some faithful, some false, yet all known to God. The tower of the Church stands gleaming as one stone, purified of deceit, until the Son of God rejoices over His people made pure (Similitude 9.15–19).Explore the Project:Through the Church Fathers – https://www.throughthechurchfathers.comPatreon – https://www.patreon.com/cmichaelpattonCredo Courses – https://www.credocourses.comCredo Ministries – https://www.credoministries.org#Aquinas #Confessions #Hermas #ChurchFathers #Eucharist #Rest #Holiness #DivineLove

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• Through the Church Fathers: November 3

  When sorrow presses too near, both body and soul cry out for healing. Today, Aquinas teaches where sorrow comes from—how it rises from memory, the senses, and love itself—and how it is eased by rest, friendship, contemplation, and divine charity (1–2.37.1–4).In Augustine, we watch creation’s dawn draw to its close, as he beholds humanity made in the image of God—reason governing desire, love ordering all things toward the Creator (13.34–35).And in the Shepherd of Hermas, we stand among the twelve mountains, watching the Builder test and choose his stones for the great tower of the Church. Some are luminous, some crumble, yet all are tried in the waters of repentance until they are made firm and fitted to the living house of God (Similitude 9.1–5).Explore the Project:Through the Church Fathers – https://www.throughthechurchfathers.comPatreon – https://www.patreon.com/cmichaelpattonCredo Courses – https://www.credocourses.comCredo Ministries – https://www.credoministries.org#Aquinas #Confessions #Hermas #ChurchFathers #Sorrow #Repentance #Creation

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• Through the Church Fathers: November 2

  When sorrow presses too near, both body and soul cry out for healing.Today’s readings trace how suffering, creation, and restoration weave together through the Fathers. In Summa Theologica (1–2.37.1), I consider how sorrow clouds the intellect—drawing the soul inward until it cannot freely learn. Yet when grief is rightly ordered by charity, it may humble rather than darken, cleansing the mind for truth.In The Confessions, Book 13, Chapter 33 (48), I rejoice that all creation, though made from nothing, praises God through its very limits. The heavens and earth—rising and fading, forming and dissolving—proclaim His beauty as beginning and end.And in The Shepherd of Hermas, Similitude 9, Chapters 6–10, I watch the tower of the Church examined and rebuilt. Stones once dark are cut, cleansed, and restored; others wait beside the wall until the Master calls them home. In the end, the tower gleams like one living stone—firm, whole, and shining in repentance.Readings:Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, Part 1–2, Question 37, Article 1Augustine, The Confessions, Book 13, Chapter 33 (48)Hermas, The Shepherd of Hermas, Similitude 9, Chapters 6–10Explore the Project:Through the Church Fathers – https://www.throughthechurchfathers.comPatreon – https://www.patreon.com/cmichaelpattonCredo Courses – https://www.credocourses.comCredo Ministries – https://www.credoministries.org#SummaTheologica #Confessions #ShepherdOfHermas #ChurchFathers #Sorrow #Creation #Repentance #Faith

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• Through the Church Fathers: November 1

  When sorrow presses too near, both body and soul cry out for healing. Today, we listen to Aquinas explain where sorrow comes from—how it can rise from the body, the senses, memory, and love—and how it is eased by rest, friendship, contemplation, and divine charity (1–2.36.1–4).In Augustine, we watch creation unfold and find man made in the image of God—reason ruling desire, love directing action (13.32).And in Hermas, we stand among the twelve mountains, watching the Church’s great tower being built upon the rock. Some stones shine, others crumble, yet the Builder keeps working until every soul is tested and made firm in repentance (Similitude 9.1–5).Explore the Project:Through the Church Fathers – https://www.throughthechurchfathers.comPatreon – https://www.patreon.com/cmichaelpattonCredo Courses – https://www.credocourses.comCredo Ministries – https://www.credoministries.org#Hermas #Confessions #SummaTheologica #ChurchFathers #Repentance #Sorrow #Creation

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