Faith (Rightly Oriented and Unyielding)
“To have faith in Christ is not merely to have warm feelings or nice thoughts about Him, but truly to seek first His Kingdom with every...
Poor (Poverty)
“ ‘Jesus answered and said to them, “Go and tell John the things which you hear and see: The blind see and the lame walk; the lepers are...
Diminish
“Sin is a movement away from being, well-being, and eternal being. It is a distorted direction (hamartia: “missing the mark”). It is...
Transactional versus Transformational
“St. Paul is clear that salvation, eternal life which comes as the reward given by our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ on the great...
Self-Reliance
“This unique reality that constitutes our true self, is, in its most foundational aspect, a gift. We never “create ourselves”…We are not...
Coronavirus
“No matter what challenges we face, including sickness and death and inconvenience, we may use them as points of entry into the...
Love (Without Love)
“Jesus urges us to “give to the poor” (Mt 19:21) and to lay down our lives for others (Jn 15:13). But even such a selfless act done...
Healing Presence
“When we are a healing presence to others, we are, in some sense, a healing presence to Christ Himself, who resides in others. Better...
Sin and Judgment
“We are not to assume that we are called to reach out to the “sinners” around us. As a prophet of God, Nathan [the man who confronted...
Attuned
“Samuel's acuity in spiritual hearing came because he was a man prayerfully attuned to the Lord… The saints of all ages are persons whose...