Author: Makala Doulos

We really have to understand the person we want to love. If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love. If we only think of …

In Love’s service, only wounded soldiers can serve.~Brennan Manning, Abba’s Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate BelongingIf I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, …

The gospel is absurd and the life of Jesus is meaningless unless we believe that He lived, died, and rose again with but one purpose in mind: to make …

As the mother’s womb holds us for nine months, making us ready, not for the womb itself, but for life, just so, through our lives, we are making ourselves …

When the Spirit illuminates the heart, then a part of the man sees which never saw before; a part of him knows which never knew before, and that with …

At any moment in life we have the option to choose an attitude of gratitude, a posture of grace, a commitment to joy.~Tim HanselIf therefore there is any encouragement …

If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and …

I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.~ Mother Teresa of CalcuttaWe should all like life …