14 Mar Reflections on Sin and Righteousness
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us … but if anyone does sin we have an advocate with the Father,...
05 Mar Reflections on Divine Sovereignty
Are we to believe that God intended Abraham to kill Isaac? Some interpreters say so. God, they tell us, has the right to command such a sacrifice, and Abraham had...
08 Feb Reflections on Patience and Creativity
And as for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bring forth fruit with patience....
03 Feb Reflections on the Annunciation
The deepest thing about the Annunciation is shown in this: that Gabriel does not so much explain God's plan to our Lady and ask her to co-operate with it; rather,...
29 Jan Reflections on Marriage
If two become one, this might be through the subjection of the one to the other, involving a loss of individual identity and spontaneity, a kind of take-over: the oneness...