Saint Gregory Nazianzen

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Saint Paul the Hermit

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Baptism of Our Lord

Matthew 3:13-17 describes the baptism ofJesus, including John the Baptist’s objection that Jesus should be baptizinghim. Why did Jesus want to be baptized, anyway?This question was raised by Christians alreadyin the first century, which is probably the reason that it is recorded here—unlikethe baptism accounts in Mark 1:9-11 and Luke 3:21-22. John the Baptist haddisciples […]

Saint Berard and Companions

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“Listen carefully, my child, to your master's precepts, and incline the ear of your heart. Receive willingly and carry out effectively your loving father's advice, that by the labor of obedience you may return to Him from whom you had departed by the sloth of disobedience.”
–St. Benedict of Nursia, The Rule of Saint Benedict