Obedience (and Trust and Knowing God)
“We all have the experience of falling into our familiar sins again and again. Instead of being disheartened to the point that we no...
Obedience (and Stillness)
“As Holy Scripture records, “Noah did according to all the Lord God commanded him” (Gn 6:22), never uttering a word of reply to God....
Utopia
“Throughout human history, the existence of evil spirits has been something so obvious that it is practically a universal constant across...
Blame
“St. John Chrysostom writes an encomium of Abraham, pointing out that nothing in his life prepared him for such faithfulness to God. For,...
Wrestle/Wrestling
“The patriarch, Jacob, in the Old Testament, spent the better part of his life avoiding the true question of his soul. He stole his...
Mourning
“…our Savior has told us: “blessed are they that mourn.” Not because the Lord wants us to be downcast, guilt-ridden and tormented, but...
Devil/Satan/Demons/Demonic
“… it has become commonplace to observe that American society is more deeply divided than at any time in our history since the Civil War....
Realization
“When we assume…that our well-being depends on ourselves or our circumstances rather than on God, then we become constantly vigilant to...
Repentance (and the Kingdom of God/Heaven)
“…repentance was not meant to be a listing of violations against God’s various laws, but rather was meant to be a deeper assessment of...
Wavering/Unwavering
“Most of us have times when our faith wavers…when we are unsteady in our life in Christ…we cannot have it both ways. We have the choice...