I must empty myself of all those things in my life I cling to and depend upon rather than God. This is the meaning of repentance. I lay aside everything in my life that is not God.
Tag: peace
Peace in the Midst of Conflict
Obedience doesn’t guarantee the absence of conflict. All of today’s readings--to say nothing of centuries of Christian history--make this clear. What obedience does bring is peace in the midst of the unavoidable conflict we will encounter on the way to the Kingdom of God.
Pursue Wisdom, Find Peace
Human beings are in a sad muddle. If only, as Solzhenitsyn suggests, the line between good and evil was drawn somewhere else than through the human heart. Life in a fallen world would easier--or at least simpler he says--“If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them.”