Rising in Repentance

03/02/09 • 17 min

This week, Fr Matthew explores two passages - one by St John of Karpathos, and the other by St Ambrose of Milan - on the nature of the continual falling down and rising up of repentance, examining the question: how is the Christian person to respond to continual failings in his attempts to live a holy life?

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Shall We Forgive? The Fathers on Forgiveness as the Gateway to Salvation

This week, in anticipation of Forgiveness Sunday, Fr. Dcn. Matthew explores a series of patristic texts that deal with the imperative of forgiveness, and the need to forgive as the gateway into the life offered by Christ in the Church.

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