Emptiness
“…there are people who have everything but at the same time say they have nothing. They have a house, but they want two, three, four,...
Desire
“Desire is transformed into lust when we exclude God from the picture. Without God, the natural powers of our soul become corrupt. Abba...
Words/Speech
“…modern language is extremely impoverished in its spiritual vocabulary. The culture has been overwhelmed by the ideas and concepts of...
Eternal/Eternity
“With faith, life is a great mystery. As the saints say, life is a commission. What’s the assignment? It is heaven’s commission for man...
Self-Seeking
“ ‘Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom. But if you...
Self-Sufficiency
“The fall arises out of man’s free decision to reject personal communion with God and restrict himself to the autonomy and...
Christian Life
“…to grow in the faith and to mature in our Christian life, we need to “turn aside” from our thoughtless and superficial way of life. We...
Family and Relationships
“Our culture is rooted in assumptions of radical individualism. It believes that we are not only distinct and separate from everything...
Visible/Invisible
“Though our secular society believes in the unseen forces of “dark matter,” “black holes,” and the “solar wind,” it denies the invisible...
Service and Others
“Called by Isaiah “the just One who serves many well” (Is 53:11), Christ reveals through His life and teaching the high calling of...