Life for the most part is full of surprises. It can be difficult, but it is also an opportunity. Every crisis brings with it an opportunity. It makes… - Erik Varden

The Lord exercises immense courtesy. He never imposes himself, never forces himself upon anyone. If I don't let him in, he's not going to force his way in. But that is not to say that someone who does good blindly, but who’s open to that imperative of goodness, isn't vulnerable to a sort of propaedeutic of the spirit – an inward preparation of the heart that, whether in this world or the next, will bear fruit. Good is always good.

In order to make ourselves receptive to a newness of grace and a newness of life in the Church, what is needed is not simply deliberations and countless conversations, or majority votes, but also a rediscovery of the profound sacramental mystery of the Church,