Patience
“ ‘Therefore we also pray always for you that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of His...
Imagination
“…if the beauty and glory of Christ do not capture our imaginations, dominate our waking thought, and fill our hearts with longing and...
Perfection and Suffering
“…the spirit of Christianity is a spirit of perfection. "Be ye perfect, as your Father in Heaven is perfect." (Matthew 5:48) This does...
Darkness (Confusion and Light)
“This is the spiritual logic: affliction comes to those who follow Christ because He is the source of all goodness, love, and truth....
Protection
“Fear is a powerful enemy of our faith and a strong deterrent to the believer’s peace of mind… Faith in God keeps us from losing hope and...
Divine Judgement
“The time for us to entreat repose is now. We are to prepare for the end of this life by making our beds well so that we may rest in joy....
Law
“…the Church is justified as being greater than the Law, for the Law does not know the forgiveness of sins, nor the mystery in which...
True Love
“Love—The more one reads 1 Corinthians 13, the more one has to face the fact that we don’t naturally have that kind of love in us. The...
Instinct
“Human beings, by virtue of being created in the divine image, instinctively engage in mimesis, the imitation of their Creator. As...
Material Things
“Our world is a material world. We are constantly presented with technological advances and improvements and sentiments such as: “He who...