SACRAMENTAL LIVING

“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...

“Working with words, we tend to become enmeshed in ideas and abstractions. We quickly forget that the One whom we name as the “Word”...

“We do not want merely to see beauty, though, God knows, even that is bounty enough. We want something else which can hardly be put into...

“We’re frightened and weak people, living in uncertainty and fear. And if you ask, no one will say: “I want to feel pain!” No one wants...

“There is a movement to our grief—a progression that leads to a conclusion. That conclusion is a place of acceptance and peace—acceptance...

“In Christ’s teaching, suffering is not abolished – it is communed. The Bread we eat is a communion in the broken Body of Christ. The Cup...

“...God comes into our lives when we invite Him with all our being, opening the gates of our heart from the inside. He will not come...

“Our culture has trained people to become an audience. A theater performance, a concert, and a Church service are all of a piece. Worse...

“In order to encounter God, we must be sincere in prayer…Know that the road we travel in our spiritual life in order to encounter God and...

“In times of adversity, we can find solace in the words of St. Isaac the Syrian. He wrote, “In love did He bring the world into...