SACRAMENTAL LIVING

“Our roots, our heritage, and our life experiences shape us, for in them, as in every aspect of the created order, the hand of the Lord...

“It was said to mankind in the person of Adam: In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread (Gen. 3:19). Any work that we do every day,...

“…views modern man as an ‘achievement-subject’ where personal identity and self-worth is not related to relationships, duties, spiritual...

“…in the sacraments, we are not asking God to make something to be other than it is but to reveal it to be what it truly is…A problem...

“Divine awe has nothing to do with trepidation – by which I mean, not the tremulousness induced by joy, but the trepidation induced by...

“No one forces us to choose today between idolatry and faithfulness, but we so often freely worship false gods when we ground the meaning...

“Do not forget that the world, despite its misfortunes, is still full of goodness and beauty. Take the time to see this goodness around...

“Ultimately, none of us are defined by our past, but rather we are defined by what we become in Christ. This is why we can declare...

“I know well from a history of panic attacks that shallow, quickened breath is a symptom of deep distress. I also know well the wild...

“To think in a sacramental way about the world basically means two things. Primarily, it means to see the physical and spiritual as...