Jesus warns us [that] charity is not genuine if it seeks human praise (Matthew 6:2-3). Our actions are ‘beautiful’ when they reflect the light of God, so it is therefore right that the merit and praise for this light go to him. — Blessed John Paul II
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May
25
2011
Permanent link to this article: http://cowpi.com/journal/2011/05/the-why-behind-our-actions
Feb
02
2011
Hope is Not a Wish
I remember this night like it was last night. In the midst of all the crying and pain and pleading with God, I heard the words, “Not yet.” Two simple words. Peace enveloped me. Healing from the depression progressed over the next 6 months. Five years later, as I was reading the first part on …
Permanent link to this article: http://cowpi.com/journal/2011/02/hope-is-not-a-wish
Sep
05
2010
Transcendence
Why should we consider this power to be transcendent (that is—transcending the universe as a whole)? Because if the universe was nothing prior to its beginning, then the reality which causes it to exist must be completely beyond it (independent of it). This transcendent reality which causes the universe as a whole to exist is …
Permanent link to this article: http://cowpi.com/journal/2010/09/transcendence
Jun
25
2010
Theology
“Theology” is not an end in itself. It is always but a way. Theology, and even the “dogmas,” present no more than an “intellectual contour” of the revealed truth, and a “noetic” testimony to it. Only in the act of faith is this “contour” filled with content. Christological formulas are fully meaningful only for those …
Permanent link to this article: http://cowpi.com/journal/2010/06/theology
Apr
19
2010
The Stage Is Too Big…
It doesn’t seem to me that this fantastically marvelous universe, this tremendous range of time and space and different kinds of animals, and all the different planets, and all these atoms with all their motions, and so on, all this complicated thing can merely be a stage so that God can watch human beings struggle …
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