SACRAMENTAL LIVING

“…he who loves God from a pure heart is given knowledge from Him (1 Cor. 8:3); he often knows God just like, or even more than a learned...

“And it is very characteristic that the words symvolon (‘symbol’) and diavolos (‘devil,’ literally ‘slanderer’) have a common root in the...

“There is a kind of moral person with a passion for cleanliness, who runs to confession because for him any little spot is unbearable,...

“While St Paul uses language which distinguishes between the ‘spiritual’ human and the ‘natural’ or ‘carnal’ human, he still holds to a...

“Christianity demands that the family be a small church…Our home is a little church, and creating the right sort of context and...

“Sorrows are the best harbingers of the will of God, and from the beginning of the age they have served as a sign of God’s election. God...

“It’s impossible to harvest the fields with a shovel, or to hammer with a sickle, or to build with a knife, or to dig with a saw… but...

“It is a commonplace in the Fathers to describe despair or sadness as the result of failing to get what we want. It sounds quite simple,...

“Our Risen Lord has liberated us from slavery to the fear of death, which is at the root of all our anxiety and despair. So the next time...

“The virtue of humility is best captured by our willingness to receive with thanksgiving those things (of whatever size) that come our...