Humanity Naked
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
April 3, 2026
After offering quite an extended reflection on the cross of Jesus in yesterday’s DM, I would like to invite you today into an artistic meditative
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Anima Christi
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
March 20, 2026
My cousin Paolo died two days ago. We celebrated his funeral today. At communion, we sang a hymn whose words go back to the 14th
All Hallows’ Eve (Halloween)
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
October 31, 2025
We who live in the Northern Hemisphere have begun to experience the shortening days and lengthening nights. Tonight is marked traditionally by the feast of
Joy in the Midst of Anguish: A Fruit of the Spirit
Matthew Fox
July 22, 2025
In this DM, I wish to talk about Joy. Why talk about Joy? Because joy is why we are here—at least in St. Thomas Aquinas’s
Evil and Grief
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
May 10, 2025
The news of concentration camps being built in Gaza is too hard to stomach. It’s overwhelming. Decency, humanity, the rule of law… all those things
On the One-Month Anniversary of Trump’s Return
Matthew Fox
December 5, 2024
Today marks one month since Americans voted to return Trump to the White House. For me, and for many, it has been a time of processing
Are We Made For These Times? More Practices from Kaira Jewel
Matthew Fox
November 13, 2024
Are we really made for these times? Are we up to it spiritually? What does it take spiritually speaking to be up for times like ours? Can we
From Buddhism: More Spiritual Practices To Deal with Grief
Matthew Fox
November 12, 2024
This past year a very fine book came out with a title that seems to speak to our situation today. It is called We Were Made For
Grief Rituals for a Time of Rupture, Distress & Rising Fascism
Matthew Fox
November 8, 2024
There is a grief ritual that I can heartily recommend at this time of profound distress and dread and even doom. But also potential grace. I
Sadness & Acedia: Julian, Hildegard, Aquinas on the Opposites of Joy
Matthew Fox
May 5, 2023
One way to grasp a spiritual concept is to consider its opposite first. What constitutes the opposite of joy? Sadness is an opposite of joy
