SACRAMENTAL LIVING

“Precisely because of the excision of God from our life, or at least the marginalization of him, we’ve become convinced that everything’s...

“It should be common knowledge (though it is not) that the whole of our purpose in this life is communion with God, and, together with...

“Christianity has always meant an opposition to and a fight with this world – a fight, let me stress it again, which is primarily, if not...

“Have we been living reactively or proactively? Each one has profound ramifications for our emotional, spiritual, and physical health....

“When it is in the “strength” of our hand [Proverbs 9:27]…we should not hold back our charity. We should offer aid to the destitute...

“ [‘For though He was crucified in weakness, yet He lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in Him, but we shall live with Him by...

“There are two ways in which the prayer of a righteous man is effective. The first is when the person praying does so by offering to God...

“Even if we do not constantly struggle against “murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies” (Matthew 12:19),...

“It is impossible to know God and not know the self. It is also the case that it is impossible to know the self and not know God. St....

“Because God created all things through Christ, He will transform and reunite all things—material as well as spiritual—to Himself through...