Piety
Quotes of the Day for September 22, 2023 – Thoughts on the danger of misguided piety “You will surely say this proverb to Me, ‘Physician,...
Temptation
“Inevitably, the pain that follows sin is greater than the pain of struggling against temptation. Likewise, the pain caused by our sinful...
Failure
“…we see in Paul’s words, “Scripture confined all under sin” (Galatians 3:22). The Greek word “confined” comes from the root “to shut up...
Miracles
“The miracles of Christ are a sign that God’s Kingdom is breaking into this world, or perhaps more accurately, that this world is related...
Family and Relationships
“Our culture is rooted in assumptions of radical individualism. It believes that we are not only distinct and separate from everything...
Sin and Struggle
“It is easy to fall into the devil’s trap of spiritual stagnation. In this lethargy of the spirit, we do not see beneath the surface of...
Narrow Way/Gate/Path
“This narrow way that the Church exhorts us to follow, as we all know, is the call to a life of repentance. This repentance is not...
God's Love
“Our world today does not like the idea that we are not okay as we are. They might even say “God loves you just as you are,” and by that...
Making the World a Better Place
“The tangled web of lies that constitutes much of our culture has a way of drawing us from the love of Christ. For example, I have...
Thoughts (Battling Them)
“Perhaps you are like me: you have often read this passage but missed Saint Luke’s note that Simon “...spoke to himself...” when he...