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What i think we need for the twenty-first century is what might be called a mysticism of ecological praxis. The liberation theologians of the twentieth century and their European counterparts came to Read more [...]
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Let me be clear about this final point, which hinges on faith’s grasp of a gratuitous, merciful, healing presence even amid the storms of life. For Christians of every color, solidarity with the stranger and the option of the Read more [...]
Today's Life-Line is an excerpt from:
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS . . . ON THE THEME: ENERGY TRANSITION AND CARE OF OUR COMMON HOUSE
Friday, June 14, 2019
In the face of a climatic emergency, we must take appropriate measures, in order Read more [...]
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There are many wise, inspiring, and challenging statements from the treasury of words written and spoken by Oscar Romero who was canonized a saint yesterday by Pope Francis. Here are just three.
A church that does not provoke Read more [...]
If I had to run into my home because of the proverbial fire (which sadly is not merely proverbial this week in Southern California) and retrieve the proverbial treasured things that one could escape with without risking one’s life, one of the cherished Read more [...]
The short reflections for each of the three days of Triduum were published as one piece in Spirituality Mar/Apr 2012; No. 101 under the title “The Paschal Mystery.”
Good Friday
The 13th century German mystic, theologian, and preacher Meister Eckhart Read more [...]
Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868-1912), received a university professor who came to inquire about Zen.
Nan-in served tea. He poured his visitor’s cup full, and then kept on pouring.
The professor watched the overflow until he Read more [...]