Education in the Church’s doctrines is not merely a matter of abstraction or learning, a kind of theological grammar. Salvation in Christ is not simply a matter of the mind or of checking off a list of the correct ideas. Education in the faith requires witness, testimony to one’s relationship with Christ and how oneContinue reading “Education as Life”
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Love and Fidelity
What is love without fidelity? In the ultimate analysis, it is nothing but a lie. For the deepest meaning of ever love, the inner “word” uttered in love, is the orientation toward and giving of oneself to the beloved, a giving that knows no time limit. No fluctuation in the course of life can shatterContinue reading “Love and Fidelity”
In Your Hands
This is the law of life on earth:for every thing that comes to birth,man and woman, child and mother,the life of each is in the other. This is the law of life in Heaven:we must forgive to be forgiven.Hands that close and will not give,cannot receive, and will not live. Thus by Thy divine decree,toContinue reading “In Your Hands”
Striving for Better
When we cease wishing to become better, we cease to be good. ~ St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Letter 91
Locus Communis 