SACRAMENTAL LIVING

“There is a teaching on the energies that is far more prosaic even practical to be found in the early fathers . That teaching can be...

“Perhaps the Incarnation of the God-Man occurred in such difficult circumstances in order to make clear that His salvation is not an...

“Perhaps the most salient aspect of the sacramental life is something that has almost been forgotten within contemporary...

“Faith is critical if we are not to remain earthbound. Divine matters cannot be comprehended with the mind, but we are conditioned in our...

“Our first encounter with Him is through faith. Faith opens the door of the soul, so that Christ can enter. Faith receives Him, subjects...

“God is not just Father of the divine Word, but stepfather to all who are baptized. God is not just a friend in Christ, but the...

“Paul not only urges us to pray, but he teaches us how we should do it. He writes that we should offer our petitions and supplications to...

“Give us this day our daily bread.”…Daily is a misleading translation of the Greek epiousios, which is literally “above the essence” or...

“The story of the first sin begins not with a choice, but with a lie. As much as we tend to emphasize “free-will” as the origin and...

“Hidden under that English translation blessed is the Greek word makarios. This is not the usual word, evlogitos, which literally means...