Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox
The Creation Spirituality Lineage Calling All Social and Environmental Activists, Mystic Explorers, Justice Makers, Cosmic Thinkers, Earth Keepers
Robert Hanssen, Opus Dei, and the Opposite of Generosity
Yesterday, as we began our meditations on Generosity, Robert Hanssen died in prison. He was serving 15 consecutive life sentences for betraying his country. Hanssen has
Previous Meditations
Evil in the Christmas Story Yesterday and Today
Previous to the death of Pope Benedict, we were dealing with the deeper meanings of Advent and Christmas.
Pope Benedict vs. the Signs of Our Times: Homosexuality
When it comes to gays and Cardinal Ratzinger, I recall the time when I was invited to speak
Pope Benedict vs. the Signs of Our Times: Einstein, Women
The Second Vatican Council urged Catholics to “read the signs of the times.” Among the signs of our times
Pope Benedict’s Political Legacy
The political impact of popes Benedict XVI and his mentor JPII cannot be underestimated. Benedict and JPII’s support
Pope Benedict XVI’s Legacy, continued
History will remember Pope John Paul II as the person who brought back the Inquisition and who handpicked
The Legacy of Pope Benedict XVI, Part I
In this Christmas season and invitation from a New Year to renew ourselves as a species and as
Week of 12/27-12/31: Doxa, Giving Birth to Christ in Ourselves and in the Transfiguration of the World
December 27, 2022. Doxa, Moxa, and Christmas, continued.In this meditation, we reflect on the concepts of moxa (moxie
New Year’s Eve, 2023, Cosmic Christ & Transfiguration of the World
The Transfiguration event that we meditated on yesterday is recalled in all three synoptic gospels as well as
The Transfiguration and Birthing of the Cosmic Christ
Yesterday we considered how we all give birth to the Cosmic Christ not unlike how Mary gave birth
Our Giving Birth to the Christ, continued
With Meister Eckhart, we are asking in this Christmas season, “When do we give birth to Christ?” Whenever we
Meister Eckhart on Our Becoming Mothers of God
Advent, as we considered a few weeks ago, is not just about humanity waiting to celebrate the birth of
Doxa, Moxa and Christmas, continued
Two days ago we celebrated Christmas in our DM with a meditation on what I called Doxa and Moxa, which become simple
Week of 12/19-25: Advent, Apophatic God, Christmas, Glory
December 19, 2022. Advent, Solstice, and the Apophatic Divinity.Today we explore the Divinity of mystery, that Divinity of
Christmas: 2022, Doxa and Moxa
To our readers: Usually on Sunday we offer an “index” of the meditations of the previous week. But this
From Advent to Christmas Eve & the Birth of the Rebel Jesus
Today is Christmas Eve. Today we begin to break the dark silence of Advent just as the post-solstice movement
Apophatic Divinity: God as Nothingness
Thomas Aquinas says that “God is said to be nonbeing (non existens) not because God is lacking in
Apophatic Divinity, continued
In this dark season of the year that is also Advent that leads into Christmas in the Christian
Winter Solstice, 2022: The Apophatic and Uncreated God
If God is the uncreated one, then we cannot know God since everything we know is created and
Advent, Solstice, Eckhart on the Apophatic God
Even though Meister Eckhart celebrated richly the God of light and wonder and creation, he also laid out
Advent, Solstice and the Apophatic Divinity
We have spoken about the feminine side to advent, a time of waiting, of pregnancy, of gestating in the
Week of 12/12-12/17: Advent, Repose, the Divine Feminine, Wildness and Creativity
December 12, 2022. Merton on Repose, Silence, and Advent, continued. Merton said that churches should provide places of
With Pregnancy Comes the Wild: Clarissa Estes, Thomas Berry
To speak of gestation and creativity and birthing as being integral to advent is to speak of the
Creativity and the Time of Advent, Hanukkah and Christmas
Hanukkah is often celebrated as a time of miracles for the story tells us that following the expulsion
Our Lady of Guadalupe: Remembering Our Cosmic Mother
We are meditating on the feminine dimension to Advent and winter and repose. Two days ago we celebrated
Advent and the Coming of the Godhead
In yesterday’s DM we considered how Advent, night and repose can be seen as feminine according to Thomas
Merton on Advent, Night and Repose as Feminine
There is something feminine and maternal about Advent and winter. One reader of our daily meditations wrote in the
Merton on Repose, Silence, and Advent, continued
Merton says that silence is necessary and churches should provide plenty of it: Let there always be quiet, dark
Week of 12/5-12/10: An Exploration of the Qualities of Peace and Repose
December 5, 2022. Advent, Winter, Darkness, and Repose.In this meditation, we look at the quality of “repose” and
Thomas Merton on Repose, Silence and Advent
Today, December 10, is the anniversary of Thomas Merton’s entering the monastery in 1940 and also the 54th
The Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads on Peace and Repose
We have considered Meister Eckhart’s teachings on peace and repose which seem especially meaningful not only at this
