Life in Christ is communion. The psalmist said: “I am a companion of all who fear You and keep Your commandments” (Psalm 118:63). I would not be diminishing what the Scriptures say about the communal life if I said that these words are the most eloquent of what has been said about it. I am ...
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The Spirit is With Us
I have mentioned to you that, after Pentecost, the Church entrusts us to the care of the Holy Spirit. Without the Spirit, we have no walk with God. What matters to me in these lines is for us to abide by the Words of Jesus that are read to us by the Church on these ...
Read moreThe One Commitment
When the Saints talk about two dimensions of commitment, theological and moral, what they mean is only one dimension. There is no sound life that is not established on the knowledge of God. There is no true knowledge of God that is not translated into our lives on earth. Ethics is an explicit aspect of ...
Read moreThe Power of the Word
It is the power of the Word that is ever calling us to obey its Truth. Yesterday, I was reading a book that I had hosted next to me two days ago. I was struck by the Apostle’s word: “His commandments are not burdensome” (1 John 5:3). Suddenly, I was beset by a feeling, a ...
Read moreThe Obedient Prophet
There is no zeal for the Truth without obedience. Those of you who have read the hagiography of the Prophet Elijah would know that his story starts with a powerful account, with his commanding the sky to withhold its rain (1 Kings 17). What did God do to keep His Prophet alive in a time ...
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