Mike Aquilina, author of over forty books and an expert on early Church history, shares how the faithful witness of Christian families amidst the trials and persecutions of the Church in the first centuries of its existence led to the rapid expansion of Christianity and the conversion of the Roman Empire. He relates how fidelity to prayer, faithful attendance of Sunday Mass, and love of neighbor offered a powerful witness to a culture that, in many respects, is similar to our own.
Up Next in Most Popular
-
Week One | Prepare Your Heart: Advent...
In week one of the Prepare Your Heart Advent journal, Fr. Agustino Torres, CFR, invites us to focus on the town of Nazareth during the time of Jesus. Nazareth was a small and ordinary town in the first century, but he reminds us that holiness happens in the ordinary. It is in the daily gift of ou...
-
A Holy Sacrifice | The Victory of Joa...
Joan must endure the greatest test of her faith as the trial comes to its conclusion, allowing the corrupt coalition of English sympathizers to render a heartbreaking judgment.
Listen to The Victory of Joan of Arc on the Amen App: https://amenapp.org/prayer/eoxpwiz3
-
The Gift of Children | The Mission of...
Children are central to married love and God's mission for the family. Mothers and fathers play unique and critical roles in raising and educating children to grow in faith and virtue.
4 Comments