On the Origins of Joy: Who Is Our Beloved?
Matthew Fox
May 27, 2024
Recently, I sat for an interview with Andrew Harvey for a course he is teaching on Joy. I have great respect for Andrew, who is busy
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Week of 5/20-25/2024: Resisting Religious Fascism & Learning to Play with Dogmas
Matthew Fox
May 26, 2024
May 20, 2024: A Mother’s Wisdom in Resisting Ecclesial Complicity & Religious NonsenseOn the 110th birthday of his mother (who died 21 years earlier), Matthew
Play, Art, Thawing and Melting of Dogmas and Ice, continued
Matthew Fox
May 25, 2024
Yesterday, in response to a candid assessment by Pope Francis about the “suicidal’ conservatism of too many American bishops, whom he recognized as “closed up
Playing with Dogmas: Instead of Dogmas in a Box, Dogmas in a Sandbox!
Matthew Fox
May 24, 2024
Yesterday, we meditated on the importance of healthy criticism of institutions–but also the dangers of destroying them altogether, as fascists want to do. Recently, Pope
Destroying Institutions: Warnings from History
Matthew Fox
May 23, 2024
The Catholic Church is just one of many institutions that are diminishing before our eyes and being tempted to entertain simplistic ways out of their
My Up-Close and Personal Experience with Fascism
Matthew Fox
May 22, 2024
We are talking about cures for fascism. Fascism is born of fear and the compulsion to control. I have experienced Fascism up close and personal from that
A Church Protest by Myself and Jerry Mander in the New York Times
Matthew Fox
May 21, 2024
In yesterday’s DM, which I wrote on my Mother’s birthday, I shared a story about her response to my official silencing for a year by
A Mother’s Wisdom in Resisting Ecclesial Complicity & Religious Nonsense
Matthew Fox
May 20, 2024
In the Saturday DM, I cited Pope Francis criticizing American Catholics bishops for their backwardness. I write this DM on Saturday, May 18, the 110th
Original Blessing, Self-Love, and the Curing of Fascism
Matthew Fox
May 16, 2024
If self-hatred leads to fascism, then the cure for fascism is self-love. Meister Eckhart asks, How can anyone be compassionate toward her neighbor who is not
Mysticism, Love & the Curing of Self-Hatred & Therefore Fascism
Matthew Fox
May 15, 2024
The cure for self-hatred is self-love. It is mysticism therefore. The mystic in us is the lover in us. Love includes loving oneself and loving creation which birthed
