SACRAMENTAL LIVING

“…because we fear death we often engage in self-preservation to the point of sin – we are willing to make sure others die so that we...

“Humans were made for fellowship with God: this is the first and primary affirmation in the Christian doctrine of the human person. But...

“No servant can serve two masters,” not because there are two, but the Lord is One.” (St. Ambrose) “ ‘No one can serve two masters; for...

“I will tell you a true story. When I was a deacon many years ago, we met for daily matins at 6:00 am every day. We had a young man in...

“Many people, because they’ve written God and Christ out of their lives, think that their existence has been enclosed within the stifling...

“God bless those who clean up the pain and grief of the world without seeking recognition, for their sorrow, too, will turn to joy. May...

“There is a teaching on the energies that is far more prosaic even practical to be found in the early fathers . That teaching can be...

“One of the reasons that we “never get it right,” is that getting it right is the wrong question – the wrong approach to our life,...

“When we assume…that our well-being depends on ourselves or our circumstances rather than on God, then we become constantly vigilant to...

“…repentance was not meant to be a listing of violations against God’s various laws, but rather was meant to be a deeper assessment of...