Read Galatians 5:1, 13-25. For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. (Galatians 5:1) Some people these days say that they are spiritual but not religious. I think the sentiment involves a desire not to be constrained to Read more…
As the deer pants for flowing streams What does the inner life look like of one who is making progress in the spiritual life? Psalms 42 and 43 give us a peek. Such a one is consumed by a burning desire for God, a desire so strong that it may Read more…
Excerpts from Tauler’s Sermon 29, Feast of the Blessed Trinity II (Johannes Tauler: Sermons, Paulist Press, 1985) We speak of what we know, and we bear witness to what we have seen. (John 3:11) All of the feasts we have observed throughout the year, whatever they have commemorated, have led Read more…
Read Acts 2:1-21. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability. (Acts 2:4) What greater gift could God give than himself? Riches, peace, power, sanctification, wisdom, suffering, death, resurrection, eternal life—nothing compares. To have the Read more…