Repentance and Culture
“The cry, “Repent, for the Kingdom of God is at hand!” is not an enjoinment to moral improvement. It is a call to recognize the very...
Finding Christ
“…all goodness and beauty in this world possesses an intrinsic value because it comes from God and participates in Him. Accordingly, we...
Love and Self-Giving
“The word almsgiving…simply means to give of oneself above and beyond what is due…Someone might ask, what is wrong with having silver or...
Fruitful vs Fruitless
“Good people do not keep Christ's word written on paper, for paper is external to man and can be lost. Neither do they only keep it in...
Healing
“…Church is a hospital. The model of a courtroom or a business or even a social club is misguided and lacks the heart and the purpose of...
Repentance (God's Love and Patience)
“The Church speaks to us about the power of repentance and gives us an image of how a man can rise up from the abyss of sin to the...
Prayer and God's Will
“…when someone cries out: “God, help me!” God immediately comes to help him. But not all our desires are good. And since our desires lead...
Perspective
“We humans have a very limited perspective on life, the cosmos and the divine. Our perspectives are limited by our own personal...
Morality within Reality
“Christ’s teaching cannot be reduced to morality (“do this because it’s good”). Rather, His teaching is ontological. If God, in His...
Deification
“Self-deification [through culture] is not life-giving but . . . death-bringing.” (Vigen Guroian) “…the whole of our journey through life...