Archive for April 2022

Greed is wanting something from someone else that you do not have. You can be poor or rich, and still be greedy for more, and take from another. You can be popular and respected, and still want be greedy for more attention, and rob others of being noticed. Put very simply, greed is insatiable desire. When…

When it comes to the Holy Scriptures, we cannot take for granted that we always know what we are reading without the Church guiding us. I am constantly reminding people of the words of the Ethiopian Eunuch when he answered Saint Philip, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” (Acts 8.31) It was a simple…

The other day I spoke of greed. Today we hear the medicine from God. When our heart is consumed with greed, which is actually self-love, we cannot see beyond ourselves. When we love others more than we love ourselves, then our charity takes over, and we are blessed by God. Thus says the LORD: “Cry…

When it comes to the Holy Scriptures, we cannot take for granted that we always know what we are reading without the Church guiding us. I am constantly reminding people of the words of the Ethiopian Eunuch when he answered Saint Philip, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” (Acts 8.31) It was a simple…

Greed is wanting something from someone else that you do not have. You can be poor or rich, and still be greedy for more, and take from another. You can be popular and respected, and still want be greedy for more attention, and rob others of being noticed. Put very simply, greed is insatiable desire.…

When someone suffering from addiction desires to stop his addiction, radical changes in his way of life are required in order for him to isolate the behaviors that feed his addiction. This is the process that is so successfully carried at drug and alcohol rehab facilities throughout our nation. Many times the first step in…

There are two types of people in the world. Those who are aware of their addiction, and those who are not aware of their addiction. We all suffer from addiction, but we don’t always realize it. For some, our addiction is food, or money and wealth, or it may be power and prestige. There is…

One of the greatest commandments from God is for us to forgive others as He forgives us. As I have said before, the word forgive (συγχωρώ) literally means ‘two things sharing the same space’. In other words, when we forgive, we are expected to place ourselves in the same place as the other. This makes…

It is nothing new for human beings to beg God for mercy. Afterall, in every service of the Church the people on more than one occasion pray, “Lord have mercy.” But there is a difference between asking God for mercy and bargaining for a better situation. >blockquote>Then the LORD said, “Because the outcry against Sodom…