The Four Paths and Holy Week: A Meditation
Matthew Fox
March 28, 2024
This is Holy Week and today is Holy Thursday. Holy Week is more of a liturgical art form to remind us of the events surrounding Jesus’s
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Aquinas on the Marriage of Imagination & Our Prophetic Vocation
Matthew Fox
March 27, 2024
In recent daily meditations, we have been considering the immense role that the Via Creativa plays in Thomas Aquinas’s theology. Being an “image of God” is
Aquinas and the Via Creativa, continued
Matthew Fox
March 26, 2024
Aquinas sees all creation carrying the mark of creativity, because “things were made like God not only in being but also in acting.” Furthermore, “the
Aquinas on Spirit as Feminine, Creativity, & God as ‘Artist of Artists’
Matthew Fox
March 25, 2024
We continue our meditation on the proto-feminism of Thomas Aquinas. His emphasis on art and creativity as a spiritual path is part of his appreciation of
Cosmology, Science & A Spirituality of Matter in Aquinas
Matthew Fox
March 22, 2024
We have been meditating on Aquinas as a proto-feminist, a practitioner of Deep Ecumenism, a lover of creation and cosmology. He honored science and the
More Feminism and Deep Ecumenism and Science from Aquinas
Matthew Fox
March 21, 2024
Further evidence of the proto-feminism of Thomas Aquinas includes his reminding his readers on several occasions that the word “Spirit” in Hebrew is feminine (ruah).
Aquinas, Feminism, Deep Ecumenism
Matthew Fox
March 20, 2024
Yesterday I received an e mail from a reader of our DM who told me that my perspective on Thomas Aquinas and his proto-feminism was
Aquinas, Ruether, Misogyny & the November Election
Matthew Fox
March 19, 2024
Yesterday we meditated on Thomas Aquinas’s courageous and controversial move against dualisms of matter vs spirit and body vs. soul that had characterized much of
Honoring Thomas Aquinas’s Non-Dualism & Proto-Feminism
Matthew Fox
March 18, 2024
I opened an e-mail early this morning, from a woman leader who is very committed to women’s rights, including the ordination of women. She asked
Experiencing God in Nature, Including Our Work That Bears Fruit
Matthew Fox
March 16, 2024
Thomas Aquinas alerts us to how “God works at the heart of all activity.” The late California poet Bill Everson (also known as “Brother Antoninus”
