SACRAMENTAL LIVING

“‘When I lived in the outside world, I was preparing to become a monk. I kept the fasts strictly. Every day I made at least a thousand...

“In the created world only the human being combines material and spiritual elements. Human existence is thus differentiated from...

“…the most paradoxical thing that lies in the fact of freedom is that man cannot “free himself” from it—if he wanted to do so—unless he...

“In today’s gospel passage [Matthew 10:9-15] the Lord Jesus reviews the material provisions we need as we engage in the task of...

“This human drama, which assumes various forms at different times, has as its starting point ‘that unmentionable day’ of the fall of Adam...

“The word joy (charas) refers to exceeding gladness…Thus, the angel said to the shepherds, “Behold, I bring you tidings of great joy…”...

“Some of what we experience of God still remains a mystery despite our entering into that mystery. Human logic is not able to account for...

“To “live” is more than to be alive physically. The prideful who try to earn the approval of God for their righteousness cannot truly...

“God, from the depth of His being, is love. This love is not limited to a one-time action, nor bound by a conditional time-frame. God’s...

“… Jesus Christ is described in a plethora of images: the Prophet, the King, the Messiah, the High Priest, the Lamb and the Suffering...