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In yesterday’s DM, I praised Pope Francis’s recent synod for its round tables where everyone sat—pope, cardinals, bishops, archbishops, lay people, young and old. I
Recently I was interviewed by Franciscan Sister Ilia Delio, scientist, theologian, author of The Emergent Christ, The Unbearable Wholeness of Being, and other good books.
Advent is a time of awaiting a new kind of kingdom or queendom: One that announces the coming of Good News. In the Bad News
In yesterday’s DM, I referred to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference’s contribution to the authoritarianism afoot in current American politics. The Conference recently declared that their
We have been meditating on the union of Joy and Justice. I offer the following question: Are fascists joyful? Is there joy in fascism? Fascism or
In our last DM, we celebrated Aquinas’s teaching that joy is born of love, and that “the only person who truly has joy is one
According to Aquinas, Joy is born of Love. That is why joy is an anchor when struggle, strife and suffering swirl all around us. Aquinas teaches
A Deep Thanksgiving to all on this day of Praise in this time of concern and sorrow. As we saw in yesterday’s meditation, to be
It seems to me that Rabbi Abraham Heschel offers a deep insight into this most important question: “What does it mean to be human?” Heschel
Joy is bigger than and deeper than humans hating one another and themselves and even Mother Earth. Joy trumps our sadness when we can learn to
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