Eric | January 17, 2008
Throughout my life, I have always had a special devotion to St Anthony the Abbot. I often suffer from terrible nightmares and fierce doubts. I am a living testament to the fact that the dark night of the soul is not always a once in a lifetime experience.
When I have these dark [...]
Eric | January 15, 2008
Why did Jesus have to die? Was Jesus’ death a sacrifice to an angry God, or was it something else?
Whether or not Jesus died as a human sacrifice to a God of Wrath all blood boils down to the answer to one question very important to the answer to a single question: If there [...]
Eric | January 10, 2008
We have been talking a lot about the nature of God and the most fundamental beliefs of the the faith of the prophets and mystics. Of the hundreds if not thousands of ways we could take the discussion of the nature of the Deity, I have decided to continue my posts inspired by Brian [...]
Eric | January 6, 2008
We have followed the star to the new born Christ, and behold the one in whom God is made manifest to the world. We stand by the river Jordan and watch the skies open as the dove descends upon our Lord. We drink the wine at the wedding at Cana and marvel [...]
Eric | January 4, 2008
Blessed Mother Seton is very close to my heart. When I lived in Maryland, I would visit her Shrine at least once a week. I am also the custodian of a First Class Relic of this most holy saint. Reading her Journals and other writings touches me in a very special [...]
Eric | January 3, 2008
In Christ Jesus, the world met someone who radically challenged their views of God. The God of Jesus is something the world had never seen before.
He is our Daddy, or Abba as Jesus called him. This God is so close and dear to us that we can call him Daddy. This [...]
Eric | January 3, 2008
Domine Iesu Christe, Filii Dei, miserere mei, peccatoris.
Lately, I have noticed that the Jesus Prayer has been spontaneously popping out of my mouth. I don’t even notice that it is happening until it is happening.
It has become so common to refer to Jesus as the Son of God that I think most of [...]
Eric | January 2, 2008
You may want to skip ahead and then come back to this paragraph. I don’t want you to think I am saying something that I am not: I think heaven and hell do not play a large enough issue for the followers of Jesus.
I know what you are thinking. There he [...]
Eric | January 2, 2008
It is hard to think about Abel without thinking about his brother and his martyrdom. I think it is more interesting to try to focus on Abel himself. This is the only person Jesus ever called righteous (Matt 23:35). We know so little about him.
“And Abel, he also brought of [...]
Eric | January 1, 2008
I have been reading Brian D. McLaren’s, a Generous Orthodoxy, and it has really been making me think a lot about my faith. At the end of each chapter, he asks numerous questions, and I have been learning a lot about the faith I actually believe.
Over the next couple of weeks, I will be [...]
Wisdom's Cry is journal of my personal quest to find spiritual meaning as a Catholic who practices Creation Spirituality and who no longer feels at home in the Roman Church. I am sharing my personal journey because I fell like I am not alone in this quest, and if any of my thoughts can help others who are struggling than it is my sacred duty to share them.
