The Categorical Imperative

The glory of God is the human person fully alive, and the life of the human is the vision of God. ~ St. Irenaeus of Lyons You shall lovingly accept the humanity entrusted to you! You shall be obedient to your destiny! You shall not continually try Read more [...]

Saints Alive!

I was relistening to a podcast this week in which the interviewee, Francis Weller, a psychotherapist, writer, and expert in the healing work of grief ritual, made the comment that in his work he sees two ailments that especially seem to afflict people Read more [...]

Of Mystics and Prophets, of You and Me

My favorite quote to illuminate what it means to be holy is the well-worn line from St. Iranaeus: “The glory of God is the human person fully alive.” From the perspective of faith, the sacred drama of life involves and avails us the opportunity to Read more [...]