Humanity Naked
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
April 3, 2026
After offering quite an extended reflection on the cross of Jesus in yesterday’s DM, I would like to invite you today into an artistic meditative
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Anima Christi
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
March 20, 2026
My cousin Paolo died two days ago. We celebrated his funeral today. At communion, we sang a hymn whose words go back to the 14th
Dorothy Day on Love & Action as a Harsh & Dreadful Thing
Matthew Fox
March 5, 2026
Dorothy wrote about her experience in solitary confinement in prison for doing non-violent disobedience. She reminds us that suffering can open us up so we
Empathy and Cosmic Pain
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
May 3, 2025
I suffer from nostalgia. I yearn for some forgotten time/space niche, perhaps in the distant past, where communication among human tribes was limited. I would
“Thou Shalt Dare the Dark” (Via Negativa)
Richard Reich-Kuykendall
July 31, 2023
Today we will begin to explore the Via Negativa. The Via Negativa is the way of darkness, silence, and solitude, but also pain, letting go,
More Teachings from the Mystics on Living Deeply in a Time of Danger
Matthew Fox
March 7, 2022
Yesterday we invoked the poet and mystic Rainer Rilke along with Julian of Norwich and other mystics about the profound relationship of both lamentation and
