Author Archives: FM

The fact that God is Love means that God is self-sharing by nature. Being Love itself, God does not remain isolated in the perfection of His divinity, closed off from His creation. The Trinitarian relationship between Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, is one of perfect self-sharing, but being Love, God does not restrict Himself. HeContinue reading “every way is open because of love”

The story of Peter walking on the water (Mt. 14:22-33) is clearly about faith, doubt, and fear. Christ makes this clear by His own words: To all the disciples in the boat, “Take heart! It is I! Do not be afraid”; then to Peter, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?” The pointContinue reading “what if peter stayed in the boat?”

One of the best pieces of marital advice I received before the mystery of my marriage began to unfold was: “and they lowered their expectations and lived happily ever after”. In terms of marriage, this means that your spouse is the wrong person to place expectations on. Sure, there are appropriate expectations–that you will beContinue reading ““and they lowered their expectations and lived happily ever after””

There is an antithesis between the Forbidden Fruit and the Eucharist and it has ascendency and practicality in our daily lives. One way of eating destroys the beauty of the world and the beloved; the other preserves it. In lust and greed we see beauty and then consume it to our, and its, destruction. ButContinue reading “eating beauty”

The Christian life is the most creative life a man can live, for he is co-creating with God deified creatures. -St. Sophrony of Essex