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One way to grasp a spiritual concept is to consider its opposite first. What constitutes the opposite of joy? Sadness is an opposite of joy
Aquinas connects joy to consciousness when he says, “God is supremely joyful and therefore supremely conscious.” Is that your experience too, that consciousness and joy
We are meditating on Joy as a sign of holiness. A patriarchal version of Divinity appears more occupied with judgement and denunciations than with joy. A
Buddhism offers the “Noble Eight-Fold Path” as a way that all should follow. Among these Eight Paths is that of “Right Speech.” One who follows that Path
My teaching about Original Blessing that so disturbed the previous two popes can be understood as an exegesis of the first page of the Bible. There
Rabbi Heschel cautions that it is not enough to have a regard for the Ground of Being. We must also have “concern for the unregarded.” This is
Thomas Aquinas reminds us that “to exist is the most perfect thing of all, for compared to existence, everything else is potential.” And that “God is
In a time of struggle and darkness, with lies and false prophets with very large megaphones and audiences, it helps to call on the wisdom
In responding to a current trial against a prominent news agency that traffics in lies, we have called on mystics like Teresa of Avila, Jesus,
We are learning that while the Big Lie was being promulgated all over the country by Fox News, riling up the wrath of millions to
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