Spiritual Growth versus Self-Help
“But it is really important to understand that you cannot and will not become holy through your own efforts if those efforts are undertaken apart from God. Because we are under the sway of the passions and evil desires. So our efforts have to be rooted in Christ and His Church. How often people come to confession and they say, “I will try to be less angry, I will try to have less lust, I will try to be more humble etc.” This completely misses the point. It sounds like self-he
God's Nature/Our Nature
“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...
Character and Choices
“All of life’s choices have consequences, consequences for ourselves and consequences for the world around us. And when we fall into the...
Bad Things Happening
“Prayer is the way to experience a powerful confidence that God is handling our lives well, that our bad things will turn out for good,...
Egocentricity
“We all need to overcome the basic egocentricity of life, the inborn feeling that “the world revolves around me.” Whenever we view others...