Boundaries
“Many societies have pushed against their boundaries. France and Germany notoriously battled over what, exactly, was to constitute their...
God's Will (Always is Done)
“God works invisibly beneath our actions to deal with desperate circumstances. He uses our striving to face troubles and perils to carry...
Confusion
“Babel, the place where the tower was built, means “gate of God.” The word is also a homonym of the Hebrew verb balal, “to produce...
Willpower
“In his disobedience and expulsion from Paradise, man lost the grace of the Holy Spirit (My Spirit shall not remain)…Without the grace of...
Walking with God (Integrated Life)
“If we find that we too are limping along in our walk with the Lord, then we might ask ourselves whether unknowingly or not, we have...
Laughter
“Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh (ὅτιγελάσετε).” (Lk 6: 21) Here is an oft forgotten, oft-neglected promise made by my...
Troubles and Trials
“… when we deal with suffering it can be difficult to understand and convey why things are happening. St. Paul writes of suffering (and...
Shakeable and Unshakeable
“The Lord anoints each of us as ruler over the unruly kingdom within our hearts and souls…Each of us must likewise “renounce all things,...
Soothing
“The word mercy in English is the translation of the Greek word eleos. This word has the same ultimate root as the old Greek word for...
Disillusionment
“It is indeed difficult that when a person comes to Church, and even decides to dedicate his life to it, he then encounters that which...