Evil
“Evil arises from the abuse of the free will God has granted his higher creatures and is tolerated for a while as the price of their...
Hell (Hatred and Disdain)
“We observe how the Lord often focuses attention on our disdain for one another. We encounter this common attitude in ourselves every...
Fear (and Conflict)
“…we were troubled on every side. Outside were conflicts, inside were fears (2 Corinthians 7:5). In this passage St. Paul captures what...
Conflict (Inner)
“Yet here [striving to do God’s will] is precisely where the conflict is great. What gives our inner conflicts their power over us? We...
Heart (Losing Heart)
“ ‘Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not lose heart’ (2 Corinthians 4:1). In the face of...
Foundations
“God structures the world so that love for others is the true foundation of every flourishing human interaction. True and loving acts...
Faithlessness
“The human being of today, particularly the one who lives in the most economically and culturally developed areas of the world, faces a...
Healing (Delays In)
“Sometimes God heals us in a single prayer, but ordinarily it requires a gradual series of prayers, combined with the human advice, love...
Form/Formalism
“Being created by and for God, it is only in Him that our lives acquire lasting joy and meaning.…True Christian life begins and ends with...
Grace (and Blindness)
“God and man then possess in common an uncreated energy and life, the One being the Source, and the other the vessel of grace.” (St....