On the Galilee Moment…
Each one of us has a “Galilee Moment” – that moment when we are called by the Christ to follow Him [Mk 1.17] or that moment of re-assurance that He is still with us and we must go forward to learn from Him [Mk 16.7].
On Salvation….
Abba Basil said to us: I visited this Abba Cosmas at the Lavra of Pharon and stayed there for ten years. Once when he was speaking to me about the salvation of the soul, we came across an opinion of St. Athanasius, Archbishop of Alexandria. The elder said to me, “Whenever you come across a…
For he has become a Galilean…
For he (Athanasius) was the son of an aristocratic woman, a worshiper of idols, who was very rich; and he was an orphan on the father’s side. So when he grew up she wished to marry him to a wife, but he did not desire that. Then she intrigued against him, that he might fall…
Beware of Philosophers and Natural Law…
The Enlightenment philosophers, products of man’s reason and rationality, presuppose no existent “Truth.” They instead seek to create a truth to be pursued and or imposed on man, even if violence is a means of achieving their stated truth. These so-called philosophers will infuse the Name of God when it is convenient and manageable and…
On Man and Science…
If God is absent, Man becomes an object before science. Man then becomes a number, an experiment, a test wherein he may be discarded on a whim. Man is, then, a mere statistic to be managed or observed, but never loved. Without God, man is absent any humanity, dignity, name, or relationship. There is no “bad” or…
Stir the possum…
Stir the possum, Australian: to instigate a debate on a controversial topic, especially in the public arena. – Macquarie Dictionary. I have stirred the possum on more than one occasion; in fact, I may be too well known for doing such. More often than not what is truly telling is not what I have done, but…
Persecution is real…
A proposed ordinance in Hutchinson, Kansas could force individuals and institutions – including Catholic churches – to host and participate in events that violate Church teachings on sexuality.
Homileo…
The Greek word for having a conversation is homileo the word from which we derive ‘homily.’
On Friendship…
“If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!” Ecclesiastes 4:10
On Love…
“Human love anticipates divine love, while divine love perfects human love.”