Synodality means walking together
La Croix, Sept 2019 Pope Francis will next month preside over one of his most important assemblies yet, the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon Region. A working document released in…
John doesn’t say the old earth is destroyed; it’s made new. Not only humans, but the whole of creation is moving toward a full maturation of the God-seed planted within
From Richard Rohr OFM’s Center for Action and Contemplation, Ilia Delio, et al. Evolution brings with it the rise of consciousness, and as consciousness rises, so too does awareness of…
Bishops and universities collaborate on an online course to educate about the nature of corruption
La Croix, Sept 2019 The Peruvian Bishops’ Conference and 11 Catholic universities have collaborated to create an online course to educate the country’s young about the nature of corruption. All…
There exists in all beings,” says Teilhard, “a common centre” through which “they meet together at a deeper level . . . and we may call this Centre equally well the point upon which they converge
From Beatrice Bruteau on Pierre Teilhard de Chardin’s view of the cosmic, universal Christ: “There exists in all beings,” says Teilhard, “a common centre” through which “they meet together at…
Pope Francis: May God, the lover of life, grant us the courage to do good without waiting for someone else to begin, or until it is too late.
Today the Pope went to Santa Maria Maggiore to pray… May God, the lover of life, grant us the courage to do good without waiting for someone else to begin,…
Both wonder and pursuit of truth, while honoring of others in a way that grants them the grace of their own autonomy and allows mutual discovery
“Unless we are very, very careful,” wrote psychologist-turned-artist Anne Truitt in contemplating compassion and the cure for our chronic self-righteousness, “we doom each other by holding onto images of one another based on…
Acedia, the opposite of joy: The lack of the vigor to fight for justice. When people live without a cosmology, Love that ‘moves the sun and the other stars,’ with sourness, cynicism or uncaring.
By Matthew Fox, 2 Sept 2019 During the industrial revolution the captains of industry complained about “sloth,” as the deadly sin of acedia was translated at that time. They considered anyone who…
Clear direction to love all and avoid idolizing wealth
By Richard Rohr, Aug 22 2019 How is it that many Christians have managed to avoid what Jesus actually taught? We’ve evaded major parts of the Sermon on the Mount…
