Prayer (Being Prayer and Living Prayer)
“Prayer is an encounter with God. It’s not just a question of sacred duty, not some kind of religious obligation, and even less is it...
Participation
“…our modern culture believes that relationships with other people are merely psychological phenomena – they are all in our head. There...
Knowing
“True knowledge changes us. “If only I had known,” can also mean, “If only I had been a different person.” Knowledge, in this biblical...
Blame
“St. John Chrysostom writes an encomium of Abraham, pointing out that nothing in his life prepared him for such faithfulness to God. For,...
Promises
“According to Bishop Kallistos Ware, “Faith is not the supposition that something might be true, but the assurance that someone is...
Existence/Non-Existence
“In times of adversity, we can find solace in the words of St. Isaac the Syrian. He wrote, “In love did He bring the world into...
Face
“God and man looked at one another when Christ revealed Himself in truth to men…Through Christ we see as in a mirror the spotless and...
Purity
“…the Lord taught that the purity that the Jewish Law sought to preserve does not come from outside ourselves. It comes from the inside,...
Christianity
“Christianity is seen as a cohesive way of life that encompasses the whole of a person.” (Fr. Stephen De Young) “Christianity does not...
Virtue
“Sin is not ultimately about breaking rules; rather, it is about erecting false notions of what it means to flourish as a human...