One Eye, One Self, One God
Q: Meister Eckhart and Thomas Merton have talked about how the “eye with which you see God is the eye with which he sees you.” In his book “The Experience…
Repair my house which has fallen into ruins
I was enjoying a perfectly lovely quiet time of Holy Week retreat at St. Jane House in Minneapolis when i learned the news of the fire at Notre Dame. Even…
The Resurrection and the beginning of a new earth
Faith in the Resurrection of Jesus Christ expresses the belief that “Love is strong as death” (Song 8:6). Resurrection is the greater strength of love in the face of death.…
Dead and Alive
He is not here! But we are… Tragedy and Beauty Sorrow and Mystery Innocent lives killed in the midst of God’s glory. What kind of God is this Who rises…
An Easter Reflection on Suffering, Death, and Resurrection
There is no compassion without suffering, no transformation without death. No growth without decay, no development without loss, no complexity without danger. Imagine how it feels for a loving God…
SUFFERING AND DEATH: A REFLECTION
Each day we awake to a new world of struggle.The abuse crisis of the Catholic Church continues unabated, children and refugees are held captive in the U.S. borderland camps, racial…
To Die on the Day of Resurrection
One year before Teilhard de Chardin died, his nephew heard Teilhard say that, “I should like to die on the day of Resurrection.” A year later, on April 10th, 1955…
