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The Calm We Cannot Make: St. John Chrysostom on Tears, Confession, and Peace (Lectio Divina)
What if the peace you keep trying to manufacture was never yours to make? St. John Chrysostom describes the calm that follows tears the way a violent storm gives way to stillness, and this reflection sits with the ache of falling short of the peace Christ asks us to carry — and the distance…
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Quiet Steadfast Repentance: Francis de Sales, Contrition, Confession, and the Sacrifice Already Made (Lectio Divina)
What if the sorrow driving you to punish yourself is actually working against you? Francis de Sales draws a sharp line between two kinds of repentance — only one of them leads anywhere good.