Category: Talks by Fr Gregory
Lies We Tell Ourselves #10: “A personal relationship with Jesus is a PROTESTANT idea!”
Together with baptism, a personal relationship with Jesus Christ is the starting point of our life in Christ.
Lies We Tell Ourselves #9: “But my priest is my spiritual father!”
It’s better to think of your priest not as a spiritual father along the monastic lines but as a coach.
Lies We Tell Ourselves #8: “Well, all I really need to do is be obedient to my priest!
...in the hands of an inexperienced or ill-prepared priest, obedience is a recipe for great and lasting harm for the layperson, the parish and the priest himself
Lies We Tell Ourselves #7: “But, we called to interiorized monasticism!”
...we corrupt families and parishes, when we make monastic life the model for our life in Christ.