Desire

If we desire greatness, we must be humble. If we want to be strong, first we must be weak. If hungry for power, then fast through helplessness. If glorified, then first we must glorify. If we wish for life, we must die. For it is only after we glorify God, that He can give us His glory. It is only in embracing Christ's death that we can live. It is only in admitting our own flaws that we can be healed.

Searching

To those who say they are searching: Love does not hide. By its nature it proclaims itself to all, it stands brazen against the horizon. If you're searching for Love, it is not because Love is in hiding, but because you are in hiding. Stop searching, your search is an excuse for your ego to remain hidden. As long as you remain searching, you are not finding. Open up to Love, die to yourself, follow Christ.

Cross

"The Cross cannot be defeated, for it is Defeat."

G.K. Chesterton

For Man

The Sacraments are not for God, but for Man.

Bread

“In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread till thou return to the earth, out of which thou wast taken: for dust thou art, and into dust thou shalt return.”

“Through your goodness we have this bread to offer, which earth has given and human hands have made. It will become for us the bread of life.”

We offer simple bread yet it becomes the Bread of Life. We too, though humble in nature, are called to become Christ.

Laughter

Jesus Christ wept openly for all to see. He shouted in anger at the corruption in the temple. He showed compassion to all in the streets. He taught in calm and reasoned discourse. But He never, ever laughed in the Gospels. Tears heal but a laugh at the wrong moment can shatter a soul instead of heal it. I wonder if perhaps He knew that the laughter of God could hurt us more than all His anger or tears.

Perilous

The most perilous thing in the world is the Eucharist. The second is sex. The third is laughter. The danger of a thing is commensurate to its innate goodness, its peril relates to its pleasure. The Eucharist is, of course, God Himself, sex is how we take part in the creative act of the Divine, and laughter is how we best know Joy itself.

Incarnation

The Incarnation can be summed up thus: The Son of God became the Son of Man so that the children of Man might become children of God.