As I suggested in the last issue, besides looking at how Jesus prayed in order to acquire His mind, we must look at how He lived as found in the Gospels. I highlighted, in the last Bulletin, how He refused … Continue reading
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As I tried to suggest in the last issue of this article, the call to holiness is a call to come to a deeper, clearer and truly a more profound understanding of life itself. This is predicated on the belief … Continue reading
I have been attempting to present our Church’s understanding of the role of God and man in the Sacred Scripture. As I have shown, the word inspiration has been used to signal that it is our belief that God Himself … Continue reading
Although God uses written and spoken words, people, events, objects and symbols to communicate His Word, He cannot be fully apprehended by these, nor can they be reliable standards in and of themselves. No doctrine or system of truth was … Continue reading
As I presented in the last issue of this article, the Fathers, while seeing God as Three-In-One, the three-fold number is not, as we commonly understand it, a quantity. For truly, when it relates to the indivisibly united divine hypostases … Continue reading
I truly realize that this is truly a “heady” article. It is this for three reasons: (1) the subject matter is truly complex and, in some ways, very academic mixed with spirituality; (2) the Fathers were highly educated men who … Continue reading
I would continue sharing ideas about the 24th Step of John’s Ladder, which is Meekness/Simplicity. One could say that spiritual simplicity is a one-track mind. That may sound negative to many, but by this it is meant that it is … Continue reading
In the last issue of the article I challenged my readers to think about what they understood to be God’s Divine Plan for them and others? I shall not yet share my thoughts about God’s Divine Plan but, rather, continue … Continue reading
As we complete this fourteenth week after Pentecost, we first hear words from St. Paul’s Second Letter to the Corinthians. Paul reminds us that Jesus is absolute truth, who in his life and work brought to fulfillment the previous divine … Continue reading
As I ended the last issue of the article, I suggested that besides embracing the mind of Christ as seen in how He prayed, we need to embrace the mind of Christ as seen in how He behaved, namely in … Continue reading