Fire (Divine and Spiritual Fire)
“There is within every human person gold and silver and mud and dross. Life in this age has been given to us for repentance and the...
Deception
“The story of the first sin begins not with a choice, but with a lie. As much as we tend to emphasize “free-will” as the origin and...
Orientation/Reorientation
“Our orienting loves are like a kind of gravity—carrying us in the direction to which they are weighted. If our loves are absorbed with...
Prayer Life
“...you don’t have to be a monk or nun on a deserted island to have contemplative prayer in your life. It is something all believers...
Spiritual Disease
“Self-importance, according to St. Basil, is a spiritual disease that “matures,” that gets stronger over time. It is a disease that...
Honor
“In our culture, love has often been reduced – even abused in its over-definition. Almost totally lacking, however, is a practice of...
Meekness
“To be meek means to be gentle and kind, to be empty of all selfishness and earthly ambition. It means, in a word, never to return evil...
Priesthood
“In the Church of Christ, there is only one priesthood and one sacrifice. It is the priesthood of Jesus and the sacrifice of the Cross....
Life (the Good Life)
“People think about how to live a good life in many different ways. Some want rules to follow, regardless of how obedience to them...
Actions
“We prefer lies over truth, darkness instead of light, and truth only in small measure. The famous movie line “you can’t handle the...