Living Grace

Given directly by Jesus, the Lord‘s Prayer is the most iconic prayer within the Christian tradition. In a certain way, it summarizes the entirety of Jesus‘ message. To explore in-depth the truths contained in this prayer is beyond the scope of this reflection, so I...

Monday: The Hindu sage Sri Aurobindo tells us, “Grace is something spontaneous which wells out from the Divine Consciousness as a free flow of its being.” Therefore, grace is not something we earn; it is simply given, each and every moment of our...

We must remember that the Guru is the embodiment of God‘s supreme grace. The touch of the guru bestows grace, dissolves karma, and brings us into conscious contact with God. Everything that the Guru teaches and directs us to do helps to purify us, to prepare the way...

God offers us grace in varying degrees of intensity. For example, there is the natural flow of grace that literally enlivens our bodily cells; this level of grace is given to all living creatures. On the other end of the spectrum, God bestows supreme manifestations of...

We must understand that supreme grace, that most powerful grace, will only act in our lives on the conditions of light and truth; it will not act in conditions we lay upon it by falsehood, manipulation, and ignorance. Grace demands radical self-honesty. We must...

God’s grace is given to everyone, irrespective of cast, color, or creed. Jesus tells us, “God makes his sun to rise on the wicked and the good, and sends rain upon the just and the unjust.” However, in order for the full and unbounded force of grace to manifest in our...