by cutsinger | Jun 30, 2008 | Uncategorized
According to traditional Christian doctrine, the Son of God shares the Divinity of the Father, and for this reason, or to this extent, the Son may be said to be “equal” to the Father. On the other hand—as I’ve pointed out several times in this...
by cutsinger | Jun 25, 2008 | Uncategorized
Do not be so concerned about concentration per se. Your task is to endeavor to concentrate. Whether or not you succeed—whether or not, in other words, you’re blessed with an experience of repose or lucidity—is entirely God’s business....
by cutsinger | Jun 20, 2008 | Uncategorized
You’re right to have realized that a serious engagement with the spiritual life entails a radical shift in one’s thinking about everything else. A commitment to Tradition, together with the initiatic affiliation it presupposes, is not something that can...
by cutsinger | Jun 16, 2008 | Uncategorized
The problem you describe is by no means uncommon, for it’s one thing to see—and to be rightly disgusted by—the pernicious consequences of reductionism and something quite different to be able to justify that disgust dialectically. You’re right...
by cutsinger | Jun 10, 2008 | Uncategorized
The first thing to point out, of course, is that I’m a mere layman, and I would not wish to mislead you by presuming to anticipate what your spiritual father may ask of you during confession itself. Different confessors have different “styles”,...
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