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  1. Thursday, August 6, 2020

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    08/06/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1221, and we remember St. Dominic. The reading is from Aquinas' famous hymn, "Pange Lingua."
    Thursday, August 6, 2020

  2. Wednesday, August 5, 2020

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    08/05/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1912, and we remember Henri-Antoine Groues. The reading is “Dominus Illuminatio Mea” by Richard Doddridge Blackmore.
    Wednesday, August 5, 2020

  3. Tuesday, August 4, 2020

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    08/04/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1708, and we remember Francis Makemie. The reading is an excerpt from "The Brothers Karamazov" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
    Tuesday, August 4, 2020

  4. Monday, August 3, 2020

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    08/03/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 2008, and we remember Alexander Solzhenitsyn. The reading is a poem from Solzhenitsyn's "Gulag Archipelago."
    Monday, August 3, 2020

  5. Sunday, August 2, 2020

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    08/02/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 640 and Pope Severinus died. The reading is from Cynewulf's “The Ascension."
    Sunday, August 2, 2020

  6. Saturday, August 1, 2020

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    08/01/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1897 and Pope Leo XIII published his encyclical "Militantis Ecclesiae." The reading is from Philip Yancey, "The Question That Never Goes Away."
    Saturday, August 1, 2020

  7. 155: Augustine - Just wars are usually defined as those that avenge injuries

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    07/31/20
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Fire for Effect. In this episode, we wrap up our discussion of Augustine on just war.
    155: Augustine - Just wars are usually defined as those that avenge injuries

  8. Friday, July 31, 2020

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    07/31/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1861, and we remember Helen Barrett Montgomery. The reading is a stanza from Henry Lyte's "Abide With Me."
    Friday, July 31, 2020

  9. Thursday, July 30, 2020

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    07/30/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1419 and the First Defenestration at Prague. The reading is a poem from Czeslaw Milosz, “You Whose Name.”
    Thursday, July 30, 2020

  10. Wednesday, July 29, 2020

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    07/29/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1030, and we remember St. Olaf Haraldsson. The reading is a poem, "Fierce was the Wild Billow," attributed to Anatolius.
    Wednesday, July 29, 2020

  11. Tuesday, July 28, 2020

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    07/28/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1979, and we remember Gudina Tumsa. The reading is from Athanasius, "On the Incarnation."
    Tuesday, July 28, 2020

  12. Monday, July 27, 2020

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    07/27/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1656, and we remember Salomon Glassius. The reading is from Chad Bird, "Night Driving: Notes from a Prodigal Soul."
    Monday, July 27, 2020