Fruitful vs Fruitless
“Good people do not keep Christ's word written on paper, for paper is external to man and can be lost. Neither do they only keep it in...
Gnosticism
“Another reason we have lost respect for bodily purity is that we moderns have a tendency towards gnosticism, the belief system which in...
Jesus Christ (Life in Christ)
“A depraved life always gives rise to the illusion of happiness, and only a virtuous life in the gospel spirit can bring accomplishments...
Emptiness
“…there are people who have everything but at the same time say they have nothing. They have a house, but they want two, three, four,...
Repentance (and Remorse)
“Remorse consists of an emotional acknowledgement of an error which arises from a subjective identification of the subjective with the...
Prayer (Being Prayer and Living Prayer)
“Prayer is an encounter with God. It’s not just a question of sacred duty, not some kind of religious obligation, and even less is it...
Existence/Non-Existence
“In times of adversity, we can find solace in the words of St. Isaac the Syrian. He wrote, “In love did He bring the world into...
Face
“God and man looked at one another when Christ revealed Himself in truth to men…Through Christ we see as in a mirror the spotless and...
Alignment
“There is only one God, so that God is the God of every human being no matter what they believe or do. There is only one mediator between...
Integrity
“Humanity has grappled with the mystery of integrity for ages. The question begged by the preceding statement is, “Integrity to what?”...
