Aurelius Ambrosius

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Full of Kindness, Free From Insult

Featured January 9, 2018

Kind words are like hon­ey: sweet to the soul and healthy for the body (Proverbs 16:24). The health of a com­mu­ni­ty is so often tied to the abil­i­ty of its mem­bers to com­mu­ni­cate. St. Ambrose reminds us to choose our words with care & kind­ness — seek­ing always to serve God and oth­ers with what we say.

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Bring Anger under the Yoke of Reason

Featured September 5, 2017

If it feels nowa­days that we are in an angry world, Ambrose is here to remind us that this is not a new thing at all. In this excerpt from his trea­tise On the Duties of Cler­gy, Ambrose shares time­less truths about putting anger under the reins of rea­son before this pas­sion reigns our souls.

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Weighing our Words Carefully

Featured May 17, 2017

The old Amer­i­can saw says, Bet­ter to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt. St. Ambrose offers wise coun­sel on the​ben­e­fits of remain­ing silent — not sim­ply to guard against look­ing fool­ish, but to keep our­selves safe from the trou­ble our tongues can bring