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T. S. Eliot says this about the mystics: “Mystics are the only hope—or else despair.” The mystic offers medicine for despair and confronts it–despair in oneself,
As I write this, my sister-in-law lies very near to death, having just received the last rites of the Catholic Church. Her family has gathered in
This is Holy Week and today is Holy Thursday. Holy Week is more of a liturgical art form to remind us of the events surrounding Jesus’s
In recent daily meditations, we have been considering the immense role that the Via Creativa plays in Thomas Aquinas’s theology. Being an “image of God” is
We continue our meditation on the proto-feminism of Thomas Aquinas. His emphasis on art and creativity as a spiritual path is part of his appreciation of
Thomas Aquinas alerts us to how “God works at the heart of all activity.” The late California poet Bill Everson (also known as “Brother Antoninus”
Two rabbis have spoken to me recently about the tragedy going on in Gaza—one in person and the other in his newsletter. One said, “It
Sister Dorothy Stang taught us a lot by her decisions and her actions—even the short reference from her brother about her washing her clothes in
Hildegard sees creativity at the core of our vocation as human beings, and pictures God saying, I have been moved by the form of humankind, I
According to Aquinas, Joy is born of Love. That is why joy is an anchor when struggle, strife and suffering swirl all around us. Aquinas teaches
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