SACRAMENTAL LIVING

“…we are content to say that God has no place in our lives. We think we want to be left alone to figure it out for ourselves. We have all seen how well this is working out!...Devotion to God’s will is the peaceful and restful haven in all temptations and sorrows, while reliance on one’s own powers is destructive.” (Reverend Christopher T. Metropulos, D. Min, St. Ignatius Brianchaninov) “The spiritual disease of the last times is the weakening of our will and determination. It

“The challenge today is not so much that people don’t believe in God; it’s that they don’t believe in a personal God. There is more of a sense that God is “something up there” as opposed to “someone who is here…Without ceasing to be “up there”, God is now also “down here” among us, saving His world from the inside out.” (Sacramental Living Ministries, Fr. Lawrence Farley) “Sky is a thirteenth-century borrowing from Old Norse, referring to the clouds or the region where the cl

“It is very interesting that…it is only when God “empties himself” for the life of the world, that He actually takes on being. Before...

“All of life’s choices have consequences, consequences for ourselves and consequences for the world around us. And when we fall into the...

“When we separate faith from everything else, we make it into belief. It becomes the assent to the truth of something that cannot be...

“As we tend to center our world (and ourselves) in the question of our choices, we are constantly tempted to justify those we feel were...

“Our quest for communion with the everlasting God reorients our vision, directing it toward the eternal destiny of all mankind. We...