SACRAMENTAL LIVING

“I am becoming increasingly convinced that in our age of inattention, distraction, and scattered focus, the greatest gift we can offer...

“We have to follow our life’s path, although our life isn’t always perfect. Let’s not just stand around waiting for everything to be...

“History demonstrates how easily human “minds may be corrupted” (2 Corinthians 11:3) by cunning half-truths and distortions of the faith…...

“We can argue that today’s Western culture  is very much dominated by an individualistic mindset and, certainly with the decline of...

“The word almsgiving…simply means to give of oneself above and beyond what is due…Someone might ask, what is wrong with having silver or...

“St. Maximus the Confessor describes human beings as a “microcosm,” that is, as the universe (cosmos) made small (micro). This indicates...

“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...

“Another reason we have lost respect for bodily purity is that we moderns have a tendency towards gnosticism, the belief system which in...

“A depraved life always gives rise to the illusion of happiness, and only a virtuous life in the gospel spirit can bring accomplishments...

“…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,...