Glory and Christmas 2020
Matthew Fox
December 25, 2020
Yesterday we spoke of the “throne of glory” from which the stern warrior and wisdom leap in the silence and darkness of Christmas eve “to
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What Shall We Give Birth to this Christmas?
Matthew Fox
December 22, 2020
Our recent meditations have considered meanings of advent and Christmas. How Advent can be our awakening more fully, our becoming more present to the deepest
Julian on Divine Goodness and Creation
Matthew Fox
December 18, 2020
We saw yesterday that Julian, like Aquinas before her and like Genesis one, finds a deep and primary goodness in nature. She frequently refers to
Christmas is Not Just for Christians–Aquinas and Julian on Humanity’s Deification
Matthew Fox
December 17, 2020
Recently, Rabbi Michael Lerner offered a reminder that “Hanukkah is not just for Jews.” I agree. Great feast days of all the world’s religions invariably
Thomas Aquinas on Our Being Sons and Daughters of God
Matthew Fox
December 16, 2020
We are exploring the Christian tradition for what it has to teach us about an unsentimental Christmas and a pre-capitalist Christmas and a sense of
Contemporary Biblical Scholarship on Our Being “Sons/Daughters of God”
Matthew Fox
December 15, 2020
A long history in Christianity proposes that Christmas and Advent are about our birth as other Christs, Cosmic Christs, sons and daughters of God. Amidst
Eckhart on Advent, Christmas, and Humanity’s Deification
Matthew Fox
December 14, 2020
Are Advent and Christmas meant to be reminders of Divinity and the Christ being born in us? Meister Eckhart invokes Clement of Alexander who writes: “The baptized,
Eckhart on Our Divine Re-birth as Lovers
Matthew Fox
December 13, 2020
We are meditating with Meister Eckhart on a deeper and more adult understanding of Advent and Christmas, and how both commemorate how humans are to
More from Meister Eckhart on the Meaning of Advent and Christmas
Matthew Fox
December 12, 2020
For Meister Eckhart, the meaning of Christmas is our being born as the sons or daughters of God. He says: It would mean little to
Waiting and Longing: Julian of Norwich on Advent and Christmas, continued
Matthew Fox
December 11, 2020
Longing and waiting are integral to Advent, a time of awaiting a cosmic-shattering birth—our own and the Christ born in us. When Julian talks about love—including
