SACRAMENTAL LIVING

“Christ is the New Adam. He comes to repair the damage inflicted on life by Adam, to restore man to true life, and thus he also begins with fasting. ‘When he had fasted 40 days and 40 nights, he became hungry’ (Matthew 4:2). Hunger is that state in which we realize our dependence on something else – when we urgently and essentially need food – showing thus that we have no life in ourselves.” (Fr. Alexander Schmemann) “To understand fasting as simply abstaining from meat and d

“Ultimately, none of us are defined by our past, but rather we are defined by what we become in Christ. This is why we can declare...

“I know well from a history of panic attacks that shallow, quickened breath is a symptom of deep distress. I also know well the wild...

“Isn’t it amazing that everyone is taught grammar so no one writes in his own way, but according to the rules? They try to teach everyone...

“The human person is soul and body, spiritual and physical, and the scientist of the soul must navigate the complex interrelationship of...

“…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...

“Grace is the deliverance that God gave the world. When we in the Church say “grace,” we understand this word to mean energy, the...

“A superficial reading of the epistle [Titus 3:8-15] for the 6th Sunday of Matthew gives the impression of dry moralism…The Christian...

“Helping a person in need is good in itself. But the degree of goodness is hugely affected by the attitude with which it is done… If you...

“So listen carefully, for whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken from him”...