Morality is the rule of life but God invites us to a way deeper life, if morality says to be just, Christ says to love your enemies. Hence, doing things with intention behind it is a great key to life. The common ground between natural human bonds is based on virtue. Wisdom and foolishness are two extremes, but the virtue of discernment is moderation. Human beings tend to belittle the sinful nature of sin through mockery. All evil comes because of the inability for a human being to sit by themselves in a room. The heart knows exactly the intentions, the things that a human being seeks and goes after. And no one is able to handle sitting and searching into it. We have to search the heart and notice when there are new things being introduced to my heart. For example, something that didn’t anger me now angers me. “In the multitude of my anxieties within me, Your comforts delight my soul” (Psalm 94:19). Our society does a really good job at keeping us distracted from the true calling of God that lets us dwell in joy. Fr. Mina encapsulates the point behind the proverb by mentioning the story of Voltaire at his deathbed said “I can feel the presence of God” and he told his doctors he would give them half his money if they were to let him live 6 more months to fix his life.

The book of Proverbs has no grey area, a person is either righteous or wicked. This week’s Bible study highlights our lives as faithful Christians. The definition of a human being can only be defined in his relation to God. Our feelings, thoughts and motivations are not constant; they change often, but the purpose and definition of a person is only in God, who is eternal. When we desire greatness we must accompany ourselves with the greatest. And if we want to be wise we must not be blown to and fro with the smallest things we hear but recognize where our dynamics with others stand. Our goal is eternal life, everything else is a means to direct us to the goal!

Fr. Joseph gives the Sunday sermon concerning the gospel of the young rich man and what we ought to do.

Fr. Joseph gives the annual Thanksgiving graduate retreat about the pathology of sin. He begins by providing the context of the story with the narrative.

Fr. Joseph gives the annual thanksgiving graduate retreat about the pathology of sin. The 2nd talk is about the anthropology of man to learn what Sin does to us.

Fr. Joseph gives the annual thanksgiving graduate retreat about the pathology of sin. After learning about the anthropology of man we explore the different illnesses that affect the soul and what parts of the soul are affected.

Fr. Joseph gives the annual thanksgiving graduate retreat about the pathology of sin. The 4th and final talk is about how the soul begins to be healed.

“What are you seeking and why?” The question that pounds in the heads of the hearers of this Bible study as Fr. Mina dives into what happens when wealth becomes an obsession and in their view becomes the only thing that makes life worth living.

Fr. Mina gives the sermon during Sunday liturgy on learning to be vulnerable with God.

Fr. Benjamin gives the Sunday sermon on the parable of the sower.