SACRAMENTAL LIVING

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

“Jesus’ baptism began His mission of sanctifying all creation, driving out the demons, and reestablishing the rule of God.” (Fr. Andrew...

“And here is the crucial point: we begin with God as Being, Truth, Goodness, Beauty. The words and concepts only have meaning when...

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

“ ‘Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you,...

“…humanity was created immortal and incorruptible, though not inherently immortal and self-sustaining (only God is so). Humanity is...

“There is within every human person gold and silver and mud and dross. Life in this age has been given to us for repentance and the...

“There is a saying, “The more we try to control what we cannot control, the more out of control we feel. It is only when we let go of our...

“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...