SACRAMENTAL LIVING

“…in the sacraments, we are not asking God to make something to be other than it is but to reveal it to be what it truly is…A problem...

“He is the all.” This verse declares the great truth of God's supreme omnipresence. He permeates everything, but also transcends...

“In literature and in art, we call the inversion of two elements a “chiasm,” from the Greek letter Chi (Χ) that can be physically traced...

“The pride of the mind is much more disastrous than the pride of the will, because the pride of the will can be observed by the mind,...

“The Cross is not so much something we did to Jesus as it is something He did for us. It is voluntary. It is revelatory. The Cross makes...

“Saint Paul reveals several ways in which we fall into the trap of judging, beyond directly expressing our opinion of others. Clearly,...

“There is a mystery in suffering – by which I mean to say that there is more to it than meets the eye. This is evident in the crucifixion...

“The ancient Church did not understand the gospel as a matter of agreement but as a particular way of interacting with reality. You might...

“To be a father means to have a child, and at the same time, to be a son means to have a father. Each term needs the other to have...

“Our lives are often filled with tensions and judgments with jealousy and greed – all of which serve to deaden our hearts and make us...