When the Young Also Lead
Matthew Fox
September 21, 2019
The Climate Strike is happening thanks to the leadership of the young. Pancho Ramos-Stierle was twenty-six years old when he was part of the Occupy
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The Climate Strike—Where the Via Creativa and Via Transformativa Converge
Matthew Fox
September 20, 2019
In my video yesterday I urged people to march on Friday at the worldwide Climate Strike event envisioned by the contemporary prophet, sixteen year old
Silence—an “Inner Wealth”
Matthew Fox
September 19, 2019
Meister Eckhart says we should “quit flapping our gums about God and return to the inner wealth of silence.” Once you’ve tasted emptiness, nothingness, and
Aquinas on Contemplation–Part II
Matthew Fox
September 18, 2019
Aquinas elaborates on the role of meditation and contemplation when he writes: “In the soul there are two kinds of distraction that have to be
Aquinas on Contemplation—Part I
Matthew Fox
September 17, 2019
We are meditating on that part of the Via Negativa that is about silence and contemplation. One might call it the “mind-emptiness that leads to
13 Pillars Summarizing Our Daily Meditations Journey So Far
Matthew Fox
September 16, 2019
I love the picture accompanying today’s Daily Meditation! Taken in 1941 during the construction of the Jefferson Memorial and its northern seawall adjoining the Tidal
So Much is Positive in the Holy Darkness
Matthew Fox
September 15, 2019
Eckhart says, “The ground of the soul is dark.” Ninety-five percent of the Universe is a mystery that we call “dark matter” and “dark
Silence and the Via Negativa
Matthew Fox
September 14, 2019
Here and for a number of upcoming Daily Meditations we will consider the Silence of the Via Negativa. Consider our very real relationship to darkness
In Praise of Silence
Matthew Fox
September 13, 2019
Meister Eckhart exclaims that “there is nothing in all creation so like God as silence.” Might he be right? The Scriptures say: “Be still and
Thomas Merton on the
Via Positiva
Matthew Fox
September 12, 2019
Thomas Merton is very attuned to the Via Positiva. Consider this passage from Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander: “I stepped out of the north wing
