Ecstasy, Inebriation, the Universe and Our Work
Matthew Fox
March 14, 2024
In yesterday’s DM, we cited Hildegard on her vision that linked our work to the altar and a temple, therefore to the universe and to
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Week of 2/19-24/2024: Navalny & Sr. Dot, Creativity & the Holy Spirit as a River
Matthew Fox
February 25, 2024
February 19, 2024: Greater Love than This: Navalny, Sister Dorothy, MLK, JesusWe are reflecting on the tremendous courage of people like Alexei Navalny, Sister Dorothy
More Reflections on Grace
Matthew Fox
January 2, 2024
In yesterday’s meditation, we asked the question whether this New Year 2024 can be marked by a deeper appreciation for the grace of our existence
Christmas, Grace & the Divine Life Inside Us & Our Actions
Matthew Fox
December 26, 2023
Yesterday, on Christmas, we cited Peter’s epistle and Clement of Alexandria and Saint Irenaeus, a second century Celtic bishop in Lyons, France, about God becoming
On Grace
Matthew Fox
December 22, 2023
Recently a DM reader asked me to write on grace. I am happy to oblige. A number of years ago I was leading a workshop on
Joy & Justice, Birds of a Feather
Matthew Fox
November 27, 2023
In our last DM, we celebrated Aquinas’s teaching that joy is born of love, and that “the only person who truly has joy is one
Where Does Joy Come From?
Matthew Fox
November 24, 2023
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
The Mystics on Joy & Thanks (Whatever the News)
Matthew Fox
November 21, 2023
Joy is bigger than and deeper than humans hating one another and themselves and even Mother Earth. Joy trumps our sadness when we can learn to
More from Chenu on Matter, Time, Space, the Cosmos
Matthew Fox
November 3, 2023
Living in a time of war and wars, it behooves us to get a bigger perspective. An awareness of history helps with that, as does an
Good News in Times of War: We are Capable of Compassion (Aquinas)
Matthew Fox
October 30, 2023
In the midst of war — war in Gaza and Israel, war in Ukraine, and constant preparations for war around the world — it behooves
