Rules and Legalism
“Isn’t it amazing that everyone is taught grammar so no one writes in his own way, but according to the rules? They try to teach everyone...
Time
“It is the eternal, timeless God who gives meaning to time by imbuing it with holiness and incorporating time into eternity…Time was...
Asceticism
“There is a kind of moral person with a passion for cleanliness, who runs to confession because for him any little spot is unbearable,...
Trust
“On some level we feel that we can’t trust others, that we can’t trust God to do what is right, and that we have to be in control by...
Joy (Finding and Spreading)
“The reason the Church puts restrictions on pleasures…is not that she is against them, but she wants you to be able to distinguish...
Calling from Christ
“Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” Ten words. These ten words completely turned the lives of these men upside down and in...
Love of Self
“From a spiritual perspective, much of what we experience on a moment-to-moment basis, is pathological. That is to say, it is a product...
Saving Knowledge
“We fail to understand that knowledge is an act of communion. In some measure, everything we “know” becomes a part of us, and in becoming...
Anxiety
“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...
Humility and Pride
“The virtue of humility is best captured by our willingness to receive with thanksgiving those things (of whatever size) that come our...