SACRAMENTAL LIVING

“Freedom is a paradox. It is an utterly inherent part of our existence – a critical part of our salvation – and yet threatening in its power. Freedom of the self can seem a threat to every kind of order (religious, political, social, etc.). Nevertheless, we are told in Scripture that “where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty (freedom)” (2 Corinthians 3:17). St. Paul will also warn in his letter to the Galatians (5:13) that our liberty should not be used as an excuse

“So we see dramatized in Genesis the bitter “fruit” of an approach to the interpretation of spiritual realities that attempts to be...

“Human life consists of two components: one is internal, invisible, and the other external, visible. The first is all the spiritual...

“We live in a culture of statistics – and they hide a lot. They obscure us in the reduction of our lives to generalities. None of us is a...

“Christianity demands that the family be a small church…Our home is a little church, and creating the right sort of context and...

“From a lack of contentment comes death…What we see in the Garden is paradise. A place of intimate and immediate communion with God,...

“…our awareness is so freighted with thinking. Whenever we turn within we meet chatter, thinking, and commenting…But because the...

“Everything is beautiful, all gives God glory in its unique manner. One cannot recognize that without the insight of the Holy Spirit. If...

“Called by Isaiah “the just One who serves many well” (Is 53:11), Christ reveals through His life and teaching the high calling of...

“…our age is haunted. On the one hand, we live under a brass heaven, ensconced in immanence. We live in the twilight of both gods and...