To fear God and to obey the voice of the Servant would seem to imply having an abundance of light. But on reflection, that is not necessarily the case. Those who follow this Servant may indeed walk with him into the darkness of frustration, injustice, humiliation, and abuse. But this does not mean they should forgo their reliance on God. Through all…

“In the midst of the increasing violence, injustice, cruelty, and cold-heartedness of our time, love must be revealed: a love that towers above all earth’s mountains, that shines more purely and brightly than all the stars in the sky, that is mightier than all earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, that is greater than all world powers and rulers, that works more powerfully in…

Man is a hungry being. But he is hungry for God. Behind all the hunger of our life is God. All desire is finally a desire for Him. – Alexander Schmemann

“Culture consists in knowing, but it does not consist only in knowing; it consists even more in having known, and in the forgetting of a great many things because we know them too well and because they have passed down from memory into the very marrow of our bones.” – Donald and Idealla Gallagher on Jacques Maritain

All that exists is God’s gift to man, and it all exists to make God known to man, to make man’s life communion with God. It is divine love made food, made life for man. God blesses everything He creates, and, in biblical language, this means that He makes all creation the sign and means of His presence and wisdom, love and…