Mechtild of Magdeburg on Undergoing “Our Easter”
Matthew Fox
April 6, 2026
I ended my Saturday DM on “Easter 2026” with the phrase, “We become an Easter.” I want to give credit where credit is due. I
Archives
Wholeness (part three)
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
November 28, 2025
Evagrius Ponticus, writing in the fifth century, states openly that there is nothing within the person that may keep her from desiring wholeness and that
Week of 11/17-22/2025: Beyond Greed — Aeesha Clottey & Inspiring Female Mystics
Daily Meditations Team
November 23, 2025
This is a weekly summary of the previous week’s Daily Meditations. Some are written by Matthew Fox (MF), and some by Gianluigi Gugliermetto (GG). You
Living in Hell, Purgatory, or Heaven
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
November 21, 2025
Yesterday in my DM, I did not intend in the least to trivialize mental pain, or to suggest that it can simply be cured through
The Sacred Heart
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
November 14, 2025
The devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is something that one is inclined to toss into the sentimental garbage bin, until one finds its
Culling Flowers on a Bright Pathway?
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
November 13, 2025
Dante’s scholars agree that the character of Matelda represents the “prelapsarian” human being, that is, the person not weighed down by original sin. In yesterday’s
Lady Love and Her Queen
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
November 12, 2025
Mechthild of Magdeburg (1210-1297) is yet another beguine who lived in the 13th century, like Hadewijch and Marguerite Porete (see DMs Nov. 6 and 7).
Mechtild of Magdeburg on the Dark Night
Matthew Fox
December 21, 2024
Yesterday we interrupted our meditations on the Dark Night to meditate on the news from Avignon, and aboriginal peoples in Australia, and Washington D.C. about
