Silence and the Order of Holiness
“The sacred has a certain structure – it is structured out of and into silence in a manner that evokes awe and reverence.” – Dr. Anthony Lilles
“The sacred has a certain structure – it is structured out of and into silence in a manner that evokes awe and reverence.” – Dr. Anthony Lilles
“Mary’s openness to the blessings of God chart a way forward for humanity toward an eternal sacred order before which the exigencies of each historical moment must yield.” – Dr. Anthony Lilles
“Under the shadow of the Cross, the storm of secularism is not the last word about humanity.” – Dr. Anthony Lilles
In the Nativity of the Lord, the cries of the world, the cries of the human heart, and the cries of God coincide. These shared
In Spiritual Mothers and Fathers, God sends us living icons of Himself so that we might find signposts to His Heart.
The Eucharist, the sacred banquet, is a mystery that evokes a certain kind of contemplation.
The discipline of the Christian life, the discipline of obedience to the Lord, is filled with blessings, fruitfulness, gifts and deepest meaning.
Our greater awareness of method and recourse to technology in theology today seems to be at the expense of prayer. Very few scholars teach or write as if they believe that contemplation is of any objective value to the theological enterprise or that mystical wisdom has any real importance for the life of the Church.
The Deer’s Song or the Breastplate of St. Patrick is a battle cry, explains Dr. Anthony Lilles.
Dr. Lilles offers 14 rules for Lent 2021.