
Gratitude & The Via Positiva in the Midst of Dark Times
This past week I was struck by an article for Thanksgiving Day written by Thom Hartmann, whom I consider one of the most courageous and
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This past week I was struck by an article for Thanksgiving Day written by Thom Hartmann, whom I consider one of the most courageous and

There is much to ponder over the election results on Tuesday. Even Republicans are showing concern. Texan Senator Ted Cruz called it “a disaster” and

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

In yesterday’s DM honoring Labor Day, I pointed out the heroism of those who are standing up in their places of work to speak truth

A contemporary of Saint Dominic, much less renowned than he, but even more radical in her bodily prayer, was Saint Christina, nicknamed “the Astonishing” (1150-1224),

Meditating upon prayer and the four paths, I realize that in our historical moment it is especially the via negativa that must be made present

In yesterday’s DM, we meditated on the beauty, majesty, nobility, communal consciousness, fierceness, strength and virility of lions. And on two lion-like individuals, Hildegard of

This week I received a letter from Marianne Grosspietsch, whom I have written about before, and who founded an orphanage named Shanti among the poor

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

I want to bring attention to the readers of these Daily Meditations that a tragedy has befallen my friend, and a friend of many of
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