SACRAMENTAL LIVING

“Unlike the spirit of modernity that tries to deny sin until the notion disappears completely, the tradition of the Eastern Church...

“Unlike the spirit of modernity that tries to deny sin until the notion disappears completely, the tradition of the Eastern Church...

“Life itself is a form of ascesis. People just don’t recognize it, and lose heart.”…The fact [life], is ascetic in nature means it...

“…“Let all that you do be done in love” (1 Corinthians 16:14). If love was the conscious goal for our every action, we would expect it...

“Our evaluations of others are quite incomplete and subjective; we not only can’t look into their souls, but often know nothing about...

“By offering our time and energy to attend to the mundane matters necessary for the wellbeing of the Church, we grow in love for Him in...

“God is He of Whom no questions would arise within us if we weren’t sinful, if we hadn’t fallen from Paradise, as chicks fall from their...

“The received word of God, sown into the depth of the heart, begins its secret work, like leaven in dough. However, that which was heard...

“Heresy comes from a Greek word that means “picking and choosing.” A heretic is someone who picks and chooses which parts of a religion...

“People always seem to be thinking too literally, and Jesus is always moving them from the literal to the spiritual level—to seeing...