Thoughts (Battling Them)
“I once confessed to an experienced priest that sinful thoughts were torturing me, and this is what he advised me: “Think of the thoughts...
Stability
“Let us not be troubled when it befalls us to be plunged into darkness, especially if we are not responsible for it…this darkness...
Secularism
“The great tragedy of secularism is its reduction of all things to mere things. We are created to have right relationships with all...
Spiritual Growth and Maturity
“There is a natural pattern of the telos in our genetic reality. DNA is an example of a natural telos, a patterning within us that moves...
Self-Interest
“There is no doubt that people will act in their own self-interest. It is inherent in sin…Sooner or later, every disciple of the Lord...
Rest/Renewal/Restoration
“What is spiritual renewal? It is when you are no longer weighed down by the burden of past traumas and mistakes, your present is filled...
Weakness
“The second active character in this event [Matthew 26:6-16] is the sinful woman, whom the Church’s tradition and hymns tell us had...
Repentance
“What were God’s first words, having become man, in His peaching? ‘Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!’ There are no hopeless...
Truth
“Facts are those things that are objectively verifiable—the boiling point of water, the diameter of the Earth, and so on. But even though...
Solitude /Stillness /Silence
“Stillness of the heart is the practice of quieting yourself to such a degree that you can finally come to hear the voice of God clearly...