Self-Centeredness
“It would seem that we are back to the very beginning with the serpent in Eden—the first Gnostic?—whispering that God is not a good God...
Reductionism
“We live in a culture of statistics – and they hide a lot. They obscure us in the reduction of our lives to generalities. None of us is a...
Theology
“Nothing is as difficult as true theology. Simply saying something correct is beside the point. Correctness does not rise to the level of...
Seeing
“… in John 1: 14, “the Greek word for ‘beheld,’ etheasametha, is used [only] of physical sight, and is in the historic tense.… The...
Rest/Renewal/Restoration
“What is spiritual renewal? It is when you are no longer weighed down by the burden of past traumas and mistakes, your present is filled...
Spiritual Growth and Maturity
“The evangelist tells us, “He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the town” (Mk 8:23). The town represents the security...
Temptation
“Every human being is unique and has unique physical and mental properties. The demons try to find an individual approach to everyone,...
Work (Sacredness of)
“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,...
Love and Worth
“…views modern man as an ‘achievement-subject’ where personal identity and self-worth is not related to relationships, duties, spiritual...
Sacramental Understanding and Living
“…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...