God knew when he set me on this path that I could never attain theosis as an escetic, and am far too weak to walk such a path. So he...

The Spiritual life is a journey with maps and landmarks (theology), but the trip is very hard, and that is why the writings of the...

Continued quotes from one: "We must unite mind and heart in order to learn true mental prayer, in other words, we must pray with our...

Here is a quote from Orthodox Archimandrite Zacharias, taken from his book, "Hidden Man of the Heart". "But it often happens that we...

Some believe God is emotionless, and loves, but in some exalted impersonal way. I recall asking a priest how a mom and dad could enjoy...

Shortly after we converted to the Catholic Church in 1979, a woman from my former Episcopal parish died, and I was asked to come back to...

Ilia Delio, O.S.F, whose book, "The Humility Of God" I recommended in my last blog, quotes St. Bonaventure: "Indeed, no sorrow was ever...

Ali W. asks about humility and wanting to stay small. What a profoundly important question this is! The answer I want to offer is...

#29 "When you are insulted by someone or humiliated, guard against angry thoughts, lest they arouse a feeling of irritation, AND SO CUT...

#16........"He who loves Me, says the Lord, will keep My commandments, and this is my commandment, that you love one another." Thus he...