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January 2018

January 29, 2018
The Mystical Theology first explores our growing awareness of the truth of God. Dionysius understood...
January 26, 2018
The Mystical Theology, attributed to Dionysius the Areopigate, is an important text in both the...
January 24, 2018
Pope Benedict XVI was concerned with the rise of racism in the 20th and early...
January 22, 2018
God, in his love for humanity, desires all of us to be saved (cf. 1...
January 18, 2018
Would that gold – the cursed craving of which the Poet spoke – could be...
January 17, 2018
And so that you might see the disposition that is associated with true prayer, I...
January 15, 2018
When early Christian communities needed a new bishop, the community was small, allowing the people...
January 11, 2018
Catholicism, despite its dogmas, allows for a great variety of theological opinions. This is important...
January 09, 2018
The world is full of strife. We are called to compassion, to help those who...
January 08, 2018
Of the three persons of the Holy Trinity, the Holy Spirit tends to be the...
January 05, 2018
Even though spiritual darkness covered the land, the light remained. The darkness fought against the...
January 03, 2018
Forty years ago, the classic science fiction television series Blake’s 7 had its debut. The...
January 02, 2018
He said of Pambo that Abba Anthony used to say of him, ‘Through fearing God,...

December 2017

December 31, 2017
There are many ways to read and understand Scripture. It impossible to say one way...
December 28, 2017
Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the...
December 26, 2017
When talking about what Christ accomplished on the cross, it is important to begin with...
December 24, 2017
A young woman, a refugee from Syria, sees a homeless, wheel-chair bound veteran begging for...
December 20, 2017
With the Republicans choosing to give money to the extremely wealthy, the American Republic will...
December 19, 2017
We have a tendency to try to place a hold upon God and believe he...
December 18, 2017
A brother asked Abba Poemen, saying, ‘Is it good to pray?’ The old man said...
December 14, 2017
One of the normative phases of spiritual development is found when a spiritual pilgrim goes...
December 12, 2017
Last week, in what might be one of Trump’s most reckless moves to date (although,...
December 11, 2017
Sophism and rigid fundamentalism represent two extremes in regards in truth and goodness, and following...
December 06, 2017
If doing what is just is the same as charity, then love burns cold. Charity...
December 05, 2017
A ruler who lacks understanding is a cruel oppressor; but he who hates unjust gain...
December 04, 2017
Abba John said, ‘Our Father, Abba Anthony, said he had never put his own personal...
December 01, 2017
In the writings of Taoist philosopher Chuang Tzu, we find an interesting conversation. A tutor...

November 2017

November 28, 2017
Throughout Scripture, devastation done to the earth is connected with and seen as a reflection...
November 27, 2017
While we should not limit femininity so that we only think of child birth as...
November 24, 2017
St. Catherine’s Monastery, which resides next to the mountain believed to be Mt. Sinai, serves...
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