Quotes from Edward Sri

Mary will be required to exhibit total trust in God, which means "to abandon oneself" to the living God and the mystery of his will. Indeed, Mary's faith will be tested over and over again. And each time she will pass the test, "accepting fully and with a ready heart everything that is decreed in the divine plan."†

Only when we are convinced, like Mary was, of how little we can really do on our own and how utterly dependent we are on God can the Lord begin to act in magnificent ways in us and through us.

It is only by learning to give up our freedom to do whatever we, in our fallen human nature, want, and by entrusting our lives entirely to a God who knows what is truly best for us and desires our happiness that we discover the deeper freedom to live life to the fullest—a freedom that is possessed only when we live totally in the Lord's plan.

Being created in the image and likeness of this Trinidadian God suggests that we're made to live like him — to live in relationship and to live a life of self-giving love. Written in the fabric of our being is this law of self-giving. This is what we're made for. Only when we give ourselves in love to God and others will we find our happiness.

If you had to articulate the heart of the Gospel message, what aspects of the faith would you focus on?

liturgical memorial brings the past and present together, making the long-ago event mystically present for the current generation.

continuity between the two main parts of the Mass: the Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist.

we are all called to be like Mary and follow Jesus to the cross. If we desire to magnify God in our souls, we, too, must be willing to draw near to Christ's cross and be pierced by the sword. Jesus is looking for souls who are willing to follow him in his passion.

Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might" (Dt 6:4-5).

When we profess our faith at Mass in the Creed, we publicly stand before the whole congregation and Almighty God and plant the flag with Jesus. We solemnly declare that we will strive not to live like the rest of the world, but to give our wholehearted allegiance to the Lord: "I believe in one God...

We are enslaved by a hundred fears, insecurities, and weaknesses. Yet we think we are free and in control of our lives.

For Genesis 1, therefore, to proclaim that Israel's God is the one true God who created the sun, moon, stars, sea creatures, and all the animals would have been a countercultural and subversive message. Genesis would be highlighting how the very gods that the pagans worship are actually not deities at all, but merely creatures of Israel's God, the one and only true God!

Under the appearances of bread and wine, Christ's Body and Blood are made truly present to us today in the Mass. In this Holy Communion, the divine light of Christ shines most intimately in the caverns of our souls, drawing us into deeper unity with Our Lord.

In the Bible, being made in tbe image of someone else implies a father-and-son relationship. In fact, the next time this word is used in Genesis, it describes tbe relationship between Adam and his own son, Seth: Adam "became the father of a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth" (Gn 5:3).