Impartiality
“God’s love is without bias or favor and is not subject to influence. He loves each person He has created without taint of partiality...
Weak Faith
“Those who have strong faith can follow their conscience before God and avoid sin. According to St. John Chrysostom, those who are weak...
Negativity
“The average lifespan of an emotion is about ninety seconds. However, when we replay painful memories, or when we ruminate over...
Sin and Forgiveness
“Sin is fundamentally a kind of demonic force that masters us and makes us demonic slaves when we give in to it (John 8:34)…Being an...
Engagement
“Christians must simultaneously engage the world around them (an invasion) and be aloof from it (a retreat). A believer plants one foot...
Prayer Life
“...you don’t have to be a monk or nun on a deserted island to have contemplative prayer in your life. It is something all believers...
Heart (and Words and Actions)
“…the heart is the innermost center of our being. It is the seat of our thoughts, emotions, will, self-awareness, and conscience. It...
Imitation
“The purpose of reading the Scriptures is to acquire the grace of the Holy Spirit, to grow in our relationship to God, to commune with...
Uncertainty
“Faith is a gift of God. It is the strong conviction of belief, the certainty of the truth…But over time such confidence of belief can...