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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
We are meditating on Joy as a sign of holiness. A patriarchal version of Divinity appears more occupied with judgement and denunciations than with joy. A
April 24, 2023. Exuberance, Exultation, Belonging: Moving beyond ShameIn this meditation, we explore the good reason we have for being both exuberant and exultant about
Let us celebrate today, Earth Day, with joy and gusto and gratitude. Let us rejoice not at what we have made but what Earth and
March 13, 2023. Joy! Why We Are All HereMatthew poses the delightful questions: Did you ever consider that maybe the “Big Bang” was a Big
The Divine Joy. Did you ever consider that maybe the “Big Bang” was a Big Laugh? Or a Big Shout of Joy? That the Trinity could not take
Speaking of festivity and celebration, I am moved by Yeats’ simple poem: We must laugh and we must sing, We are blessed by everything Everything
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