SACRAMENTAL LIVING

“The first gulp from the glass of natural sciences will turn you into an atheist, but at the bottom of the glass God is waiting for...

“It is very interesting that…it is only when God “empties himself” for the life of the world, that He actually takes on being. Before...

“The Gospel is very simple, and yet we don’t understand it. I’m not impressed with overactivity in the Church, and I’m not impressed with...

“I once confessed to an experienced priest that sinful thoughts were torturing me, and this is what he advised me: “Think of the thoughts...

“In the light of Christ, this world, this life are lost and are beyond mere ‘help,’ not because there is fear of death in them, but...

“Let us not be troubled when it befalls us to be plunged into darkness, especially if we are not responsible for it…this darkness...

“When a person first comes into being, his or her soul “has committed no sin” and therefore is only culpable for later transgressions....

“The great tragedy of secularism is its reduction of all things to mere things. We are created to have right relationships with all...

“There is a natural pattern of the telos in our genetic reality. DNA is an example of a natural telos, a patterning within us that moves...

“There is no doubt that people will act in their own self-interest. It is inherent in sin…Sooner or later, every disciple of the Lord...