Christmas Eve, 2024
Matthew Fox
December 24, 2024
We ended our meditation yesterday with a question about how a greater “sense of the preciousness of life” can be a valuable lesson we learn
Archives
Week of 12/16-21/2024: Advent, the Dark Night, Celebrations of Light, and Patriarchy on Trial
Matthew Fox
December 22, 2024
December 16, 2024: Solstice, Hanukkah, Advent — Great Comings & Certain TensionsAdvent means “Coming,” a time of waiting for a great coming. Even before Christians used
Avignon, Aboriginals, Washington DC: Patriarchy on Trial
Matthew Fox
December 20, 2024
Today, December 19, was not a good day for Patriarchy. It is the day 51 men in Avignon, France, were declared guilty of raping Gisèle
Susan Griffin, Eckhart, Gandhi: Lessons from The Dark Night
Matthew Fox
December 19, 2024
Susan Griffin says that “Nothingness spreads around us. But in this nothing we find what we did not know existed.”* The Dark Night has much to
How the Dark Night of Society & Earth Meets Advent
Matthew Fox
December 18, 2024
In yesterday’s DM, we meditated on Rilke’s powerful poem about the darkness, the via negativa, that is integral to the season of Advent. It has
Having Faith in Nights—Even Dark Nights
Matthew Fox
December 17, 2024
This season of the return of Light (solstice) and the miracle of Light (Hanukkah) and the announcement of angels of doxa or glory and the birth of Christ
Solstice, Hanukkah, Advent—Great Comings & Certain Tensions
Matthew Fox
December 16, 2024
The word Advent means Coming. Advent is a time of waiting for a great Coming. Even before Christians used the term in reference to the
Our Lady of Guadalupe Feast Day, 2024, Part II
Matthew Fox
December 13, 2024
We are continuing to meditate with Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes on the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe which is December 12. We are considering the
Our Lady of Guadalupe Feast Day, 2024
Matthew Fox
December 12, 2024
Today is the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. She is many things to many people, but the basis of her story is that she appeared
Good People, Bad People, Democracy & Spiritual Warriorhood
Matthew Fox
December 11, 2024
One person whom I spoke with recently told me that the bottom line to his disappointment in this election was the following: That he learned
