Glory and Christmas 2020
Matthew Fox
December 25, 2020
Yesterday we spoke of the “throne of glory” from which the stern warrior and wisdom leap in the silence and darkness of Christmas eve “to
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Christmas Eve, 2020: Out of the Dark and Silence…
Matthew Fox
December 24, 2020
Christians employ a passage from the Book of Wisdom at the Christmas Midnight Mass readings. Recall that rabbi Jesus derives from the Wisdom tradition
Birthing a New Normal while Including Some Old Normal
Matthew Fox
December 23, 2020
We spoke yesterday about birthing a New Normal this Christmas season. We do not have to settle the Old Normal but can take advantage of
What Shall We Give Birth to this Christmas?
Matthew Fox
December 22, 2020
Our recent meditations have considered meanings of advent and Christmas. How Advent can be our awakening more fully, our becoming more present to the deepest
Some Thoughts on my 80th Birthday
Matthew Fox
December 21, 2020
One only turns 80 once so I figure it might be worthwhile to reflect on the moment. Especially since we are honoring the birthing dimension
More from Eckhart on Our Birthing and Mary’s Birthing of the Divine
Matthew Fox
December 20, 2020
We are examining the meaning of Christmas and of Advent in our time and from an adult perspective. “This is the fullness of time, when
Eckhart on the Joy of Birthing God In and Through Us
Matthew Fox
December 19, 2020
Eckhart elaborates on another dimension to Christmas when he stresses how we are to give birth to Divinity in us. When does this happen? One
Julian on Divine Goodness and Creation
Matthew Fox
December 18, 2020
We saw yesterday that Julian, like Aquinas before her and like Genesis one, finds a deep and primary goodness in nature. She frequently refers to
Christmas is Not Just for Christians–Aquinas and Julian on Humanity’s Deification
Matthew Fox
December 17, 2020
Recently, Rabbi Michael Lerner offered a reminder that “Hanukkah is not just for Jews.” I agree. Great feast days of all the world’s religions invariably
Thomas Aquinas on Our Being Sons and Daughters of God
Matthew Fox
December 16, 2020
We are exploring the Christian tradition for what it has to teach us about an unsentimental Christmas and a pre-capitalist Christmas and a sense of
