Category: Compassion

We have seen how Aquinas, Eckhart, Hildegard and Julian celebrate Compassion while linking it to justice and the work of the Holy Spirit.  Doing compassion,

Today, September 17, is Saint Hildegard’s Feast Day.  Doctor of the church, she speaks to us currently as we struggle through a pandemic brought about

Meister Eckhart and Thomas Aquinas are not alone in insisting on Compassion and Justice as integral to our being human.   We find deep teachings on

Eckhart practices what he preaches.  He walks his talk as we would say today.  Proof of this is to take a critical look at a

It is telling that Eckhart, so often when he talks about compassion and justice, talks about it in the context of our work.  Whether that

Eckhart continues his rich meditations on compassion and justice.  Where justice is at work, you are at work, because you could not but do the

Eckhart warns us about what kills our work—and what enlivens it– when he says: In the just, nothing should work except God alone. For all