Holy Trailblazers
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
May 7, 2025
Stories about people who acted for the good of the whole in peculiarly difficult circumstances, even to the extreme sacrifice, are important for us. They
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“I Am” Prayers From Aboriginal Poets of Australia
Matthew Fox
March 21, 2025
In a time of evil and antichrist energy active in MAGA in the highest places of our land, it is good to resist, and to
Week of February 10-15, 2025: Fighting Back Despair, Honoring Courage
Matthew Fox
February 16, 2025
February 10: T.S. Eliot on the Mystics as Medicine for Despair “The mystics — or else despair,” said T.S. Eliot. The writings and actions of
T.S. Eliot on the Mystics as Medicine For Despair
Matthew Fox
February 10, 2025
There is considerable despair in the air these days. And for obvious reasons that do not need renaming here. T.S. Eliot offered the mystics as medicine
Week of 6/10-15/2024: Teilhard, Aquinas, Sister Dorothy & David Paladin
Matthew Fox
June 16, 2024
June 10, 2024: From Orvieto: Aquinas and TeilhardMatthew is in Orvieto, Italy marking the 800th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Aquinas, leading a weeklong
Week of 5/6-11/2024: Compassion, Activism, Wisdom
Matthew Fox
May 12, 2024
May 6, 2024: Compassion, Eckhart, and Humanity’s FutureMatthew is teaching a class on what Eckhart and other mystics can teach us about compassion. Matthew says
Compassion, Eckhart, and Humanity’s Future
Matthew Fox
May 6, 2024
I am genuinely excited about a new class I am teaching with Shift Network beginning tomorrow, called “Cultivating Compassion in Spirituality: What Meister Eckhart &
Week of 4/8-14/2024: The Way of the Mystic as an Antidote to Despair
Matthew Fox
April 14, 2024
April 8, 2024: Can the Best of Humanity Please Show Up?In an op-ed article in the New York Times, Jose Andres, founder of World Central
The Mystic, the Best in Us, Tackles Despair, the Worst in Us
Matthew Fox
April 11, 2024
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,
The Mystic in Us: The “Best in Humanity”?
Matthew Fox
April 9, 2024
In yesterday’s DM, citing Jose Andres, we asked that the best of humanity please stand up. What is the best in humanity? Carl Jung says, “it
