Welcome to Silent Time, the opportunity to think on what is important in life.
Have you experienced situations of life in which it feels as if God is far away?
It may even seem as if God is angry.
But God is not angry about our wrongdoing, rather he is full of love.
As long as …
Only those, who recognize that they are sick, go to see the doctor.
Even if someone tries to live a decent life, yet nobody is perfect, everyone does wrong at least at times. But whatever we have done wrong or failed to do, his sacrifice is sufficient to overcome all…
With the eyes of the body we can see another person, but to recognize God we need to involve the soul.
With the mouth of the body we can talk to a human father, to talk to God we need to involve the …
What is the core message of religion for you? Many people will think of how to work off wrongdoings or overcoming a kind of karma by good deeds or about trying harder. If that was all, it would mean …
Do you tend to look more often upwards to the opportunities or downwards to the difficulties of life?
There are indeed a lot of challenges in life, yet we are invited to “raise up our heads”.
It sounds not realistic to have no trouble, obviously there are a lot of needs on hand.
Yet there is the promise that our needs will be taken care of, if we let the shepherd take care.
What is currently your biggest hope?
It might be the hope to graduate in school or university or to get a better job or to recover from sickness. Or to move to another place - what do you look for th…
Among the characteristics how God treats us - and how we are called to act towards others – is love and mercy. God forgives us, so we are also called to forgive others. God does not want anything to …
Is there any hope? Often there seems to be none considering the circumstances in the world. And yet there is great and true hope!
Would you call yourself meek? Hardly anyone nowadays refers to oneself as meek.
Meek and humble are old words, often regarded as old-fashioned or outdated. And the meaning of the 2 words is often tho…
There is a multitude of reasons that bring us into trouble, it might be our own fault or from others. Whatever the origin of the hardship is, such situations at the same time always offer chances to …
Nobody is perfect, we all fall short of the good guidance and commends of the holy God.
But there is good news: if we humbly receive the grace of the Lord, then nobody can accuse us.
Love is better than burnt offerings.
Whether we admit it or not, nobody has everything 100% under control, we may try to optimize some aspects of life, and the same time neglect other aspects. Even the most intelligent person has weakne…
It is one thing to bring prayer requests to God.
Beyond that, there are many more aspects of prayer: to pray also for others in intercession, to bring our wrongdoing to God and to receive his forgive…
Have you noticed that many people do not have real hope?
They only see this physical life and if they do not get what they want, they either get aggressive or they fall in despair or depression.
But …