Wrestling with Truth
Jacob wrestled with God from dusk to dawn. At daybreak, our Lord saw that Jacob would not give it up. He touched his hip socket, putting...
Sacraments of Time and Community
Sacraments of Time and Community How can you learn to pray? You have to understand the sacramentality of time and community. The Church...
Ask God for God
“Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full” (Jn. 16:24). How can you describe a...
4. Why Do Orthodox Have Such Long Services?
+ The Divine Office: Sacrament of Time + “Learn to sing psalms, and thou shalt see the delightfulness of the employment.
For they who...
God in Ceremony
“Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall...
III. You Are Starved Without the Psalms
+ The Divine Office: Sacrament of Time + “Learn to sing psalms, and thou shalt see the delightfulness of the employment.
For they who...
Rest in Hope
Hope carries us. Hope transforms us. Hope is at the heart of life in the Resurrection. This has been a season of hope. There have been a...
II. Psalms Fix Your Humanity
+ The Divine Office: Sacrament of Time + “Learn to sing psalms, and thou shalt see the delightfulness of the employment.
For they who...
I. The Psalms: Why You Should Pray Them
+ The Divine Office: Sacrament of Time + “Learn to sing psalms, and thou shalt see the delightfulness of the employment.
For they who...
Feasting on the Word
“The loving-kindness of the Lord filleth the whole world, alleluia: by the word of the Lord the heavens were established, alleluia,...