Life ("Sea of Life")
“Such is our life! Calm and tempest alternate with each other; and time passes, passes, seeking to plunge into the abyss of eternity....
Mercy, Judgement and Justice
“Divine justice is radically different from human justice. There is no equal exchange remotely possible;…“the whole moral order as we...
Noise
“…it does not help that our image and sound rich society creates a living space that is extremely noisy. All around us there are...
Noetic
“A key word from classical Christianity is the Greek term “nous,” and its adjectival form, “noetic.” Western translators early on...
Spiritual Nourishment
“The food and drink of nature sustains natural life, and only natural life. A few years ago on a warm summer afternoon I was sitting on...
Joy (Finding and Spreading)
“The reason the Church puts restrictions on pleasures…is not that she is against them, but she wants you to be able to distinguish...
Intellectual Pride
“The pride of the mind is much more disastrous than the pride of the will, because the pride of the will can be observed by the mind,...
Patience, Persistence, and Perseverance
“Many people today lack perseverance. We have become so accustomed to instantaneous communication and access to entertainment and...
Mystery and Revelation
“The word “apocalypse” means “to remove the veil from that which is hidden, that which is in darkness, that which is covered.” It’s the...
Price (Cost)
“We pay a high price for our evil thoughts and uncontrolled passions, for they enslave and wither away our humanity…People today live in...