Love of Self
“From a spiritual perspective, much of what we experience on a moment-to-moment basis, is pathological. That is to say, it is a product...
Secularism
“The false narrative of secularism says that religious activity is the realm of human concern with God, and the only proper realm of such...
Personhood
“The teaching of the faith regarding Personhood requires an acceptance of the connectedness of existence. Human sin tends towards...
Order and Disorder
“Have you seen how, with creation, when God wished to make creation, with how much harmony and godly wisdom everything was put together,...
Theosis/Union with God (2)
“Jesus Christ, by His Incarnation, life, death on the cross, Resurrection, and ascension, overcame sin and death by recreating and...
Crosses to Bear
“ “Take up your cross,” says Jesus Christ. He didn’t say to create or construct yourself a cross. Christ also didn’t choose or build...
Knowing and Being Known
“The apostles were important in the life of the Church not because they knew a lot about Christ, but because they knew Christ. And so we...
Discernment
“We should pray for the ability to distinguish discernment from judgment. The word discernment is derived from the idea of perception. It...
Moral Perfection
“Imagine the case of a morally perfect human being – one who has never committed an infraction of the “moral law.” To the surprise of...
Hearing/Listening
“I am becoming increasingly convinced that in our age of inattention, distraction, and scattered focus, the greatest gift we can offer...