Human Beings (Becoming Fully Human)
“ ‘Beloved, we are God’s children now; it does not yet appear what we shall be, but we know that when he appears we shall be like him,...
Logic
“We often attempt to manage God, defining Him by our own logic, creating Him to suit ourselves. In response to such attempts, God...
Born Again
“Becoming a child of God, being born of God by being purified and renewed, is the clear theme this chapter opens with, as Jesus instructs...
Light of Christ
“In Genesis 1: 3 we read: “God said, ‘Let there be light’; and there was light.” God was not only making a visible creation but more...
Cross
“To be made in the image of God is a sign of highest dignity; so high, in fact, that outside of Christ no human being can even be said to...
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...
Theology
“Therefore, the All-Merciful Lord sends us various reasons for works of mercy and charity so that we can be saved—ever more poor, sick...
Identity
“So the criteria by which we are judged is our acts of love, or our lack of these acts of love. Through these acts of charity such as...
Truth (About Ourselves)
“If the Sunday of the Dread Judgment seems harsh and merciless and unloving to us — if it seems perhaps to even be speaking of some other...
Witnessing
“Christian witness is not just supplying material needs. It is supplying all human needs: material needs as well as consolation,...