Spiritual Experience

Nov 8, 2026  •  Father Justin

What does it mean to flourish in faith, right here and right now? Some things in the spiritual life cannot be borrowed, shared, or outsourced. The oil each bridesmaid carries in Matthew 25 is hers alone. Drawing on the ideas of Charles Taylor, Justin suggests that in our modern age, that proverbial “oil” is spiritual experience itself: the personal sense that God is real and is reaching out to us.