St. Polycarp of Smyrna (modern Izmir, Turkey) ( 65 AD ca - 155 AD ca )
From Polycarp's letter to the Philippians
.....Chapter VIII
"Let us then continually persevere in our hope, and the earnest of our righteousness, who is Jesus Christ, “who bore our sins in His own body on the tree,” “who did no sin, neither was falsity found in His mouth,” but endured all things for us, that we might live in Him. Let us then be imitators of His patience; and if we suffer for His name’s sake, let us glorify Him. For He has set us this example in Himself, and we have believed that this is the truth."
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October 31, 2012
October 29, 2012
Friday 19th October will be a day to remember for the Apostolic Vicariate in Benghasi. The two communities of the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of Ivrea celebrated their hundred years of presence in Benghasi, at the service of the sick and suffering, in two of the medical institutions in the city. (more…)
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October 26, 2012
St. Clement of Rome - First Epistle to the Corinthians (+90 AD ca.)
Chapter XXIV. There will be a resurrection - God shows us this through nature.
.....Let us consider, beloved, how the Lord continually shows us that there shall be a future resurrection, of which He has rendered the Lord Jesus Christ the first-fruits by raising Him from the dead. Let us meditate, beloved, the resurrection which is at all times taking place around us. Day and night declare to us a resurrection. (more…)
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October 19, 2012
Ignatius of Antioch to the Trallians IX
.......Do not listen, then, to any talk that ignores Jesus Christ,
who was of the race of David, of Mary;
who was really born, ate, and drank,
who was really persecuted under Pontius Pilate
and was really crucified and died in the sight of heaven and earth and the underworld. (more…)
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October 15, 2012
O King, by the grace of God I was born into this world; and when I had considered the heavens and the earth and the seas, and had noticed the sun and all the rest of creation, I was amazed at the beauty of the world. And I realised that the world and all that is in it and also around it are moved by the power of another being; and I understood that He who is moving them is God, who is hidden in them, and veiled by them. ( ARISTIDES OF ATHENS, THE APOLOGY, 1,1) (more…)
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