Externals
“God’s commandments are not an alien, external authority that enslaves us…they are “natural knowledge given us by God, whether this comes...
Giving Freely
“God’s love is freely given, conditioned neither by our worthiness nor by any claim we might make on the Lord…The love of God is an...
Beware
“...our actions affect more people than just ourselves. Beware of the temptation to rationalize your sins by saying they are too small or...
Disillusionment
“It is indeed difficult that when a person comes to Church, and even decides to dedicate his life to it, he then encounters that which...
Divine Nature
“The divine nature... surpasses every mental concept. For it is all together inaccessible to reasoning and conjecture, nor has there been...
Faith and Unbelief
“ ‘Therefore they could not believe, because Isaiah said again: He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, Lest they should see...
Feeding
“Jesus feeding the multitudes, specifically feeding the five thousand, is His only miracle that is recounted in all four Gospels (except...
Death
“It is the clear teaching of Christ that the souls of the faithful who have departed this life are sustained before the face of God in...
Glimpses
"The divine cannot be easily explained or clearly defined, but yet God is not completely out of reach either; divine mysteries can be...
Human Condition
“Whereas the Old Covenant was carved on tablets of stone, the New Covenant is personal – the Son comes as a man to other men, to...