
Week of 5/15 – 5/20/2023: Joy, Courage & Holiness in the Fight against Evil
May 15, 2023. The First Daily Meditation, Mother’s Day 2019We revisit the very first Daily Meditation four years ago, in which Matthew shares a dream
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May 15, 2023. The First Daily Meditation, Mother’s Day 2019We revisit the very first Daily Meditation four years ago, in which Matthew shares a dream
We are meditating together on the meaning of holiness and signs of holiness in our times. This because we are also asking how best to combat
For several weeks we have been dealing with the theme of Holiness and how Joy, in a time of cynicism and despair like ours, is
May 8, 2023. Depression Remedies from Nature, Mystics, and CosmologyThis meditation is a response to the psychologist who attacked Matthew for daring to suggest that
We are talking about Joy in the context of Evil and its remedies, one of which, in Rabbi Heschel’s understanding, is holiness. But holiness, I
May 1, 2023. Pleasure & Holiness, ContinuedMatthew continues the theme he launched the earlier week, that contrasted the punitive, judgmental God of patriarchy, with a
We are meditating on Joy as a sign of holiness in our times. Yesterday we cited Hildegard and Julian on how Joy assists us to bring
Having named the “five supreme joys” within Divinity, Julian tells us that “Christ wants us to rejoice in them, too.” She recognizes three faces in
We are meditating on Joy because in our meditations on Evil, Rabbi Heschel reminded us that holiness is the prime medicine for evil. What is
Aquinas connects joy to consciousness when he says, “God is supremely joyful and therefore supremely conscious.” Is that your experience too, that consciousness and joy
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