Theosis

Ordinary Time is a Period of Altruistic Living

When I think of Ordinary Time in the Church’s liturgical calendar, I am always reminded of the motif of the drudging nature of a life without excitement. For instance, after so many climatic moments, starting from the anticipatory nature of Advent, then the climatic celebrations of Christmas and its Octave, we embrace the glorious gift of the Epiphany. This leads…

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The Spirituality Of Ambition And The Grace Of The Incarnation

If one were to pose the following question to Christians around the world, what is the place of ambition in the Christian understanding of the incarnation? I can bet you that the response would be the same. Their typical responses would be that ambition is a negative thing and cannot be used to speak of the gift of the incarnation.…

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