SACRAMENTAL LIVING

“In all its most ancient traditions Christianity is a sacramental religion. Sacraments form the very life of the Church through which the...

“…the spirit of Christianity is a spirit of perfection. "Be ye perfect, as your Father in Heaven is perfect." (Matthew 5:48) This does...

“Fear is a powerful enemy of our faith and a strong deterrent to the believer’s peace of mind… Faith in God keeps us from losing hope and...

“Real hardness of heart, in the Bible use of the phrase, means stubbornness of will…A hardened heart is useless as a hardened lump of...

“The source of afflictions is the sin of humanity. The purpose of afflictions, if we use them properly, may be our comfort and salvation,...

“Enlightenment from God in itself is beyond all words, and even beyond evaluation by other men (1 Cor 2:15). Nevertheless, the Holy...

“ ‘Therefore they could not believe, because Isaiah said again: He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, Lest they should see...

“The Christian Faith is not philosophy, but rather communion with God…True Christianity raises the matter of community (communion) to an...

“My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment (James 3:1)”. Teachers are often...

“Shall I not punish them for these things? The Hebrew word translated punish (Jeremiah 9:9), literally meaning “to visit,” can be used of...