Looking out at the postmodern day landscape, we may be tempted toward hopelessness and despair, and very often we fall directly into the mire of confusion and nihilism that seems to be determined and final. The conflagration of world and national politics, ideologies of colonial domination and marginalization, war, famine, and environmental terrors blaze all around us.…
Category: Writings
GOD MOTHER
After many yearning years of hoping to visit the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, this past All Saints Day (November 1st) I was graciously afforded the opportunity. As I approached the new basilica, designed by the architect, Pero Ramirez Vazquez, I was struck by how the structure created both a hospitable and protecting spirit, as if the church itself attracted you into the embrace of its great mother. …
The Rose
“What must I do, to tame you?” asked the little prince.
“You must be very patient,” replied the fox. “First you will sit down at a little distance from me–like that–in the grass. I shall look at you out of the corner of my eye, and you will say nothing.…
Poverello Placement
This morning as I was doing my contemplative ‘sit’ in the sun room of my house, I was surprised that I did not hear the birds chirping and singing outside the picture window in the front yard. After my sit, I realized that it was October 4th, and the feast of St.…
Moving Silence
Sometimes the experiences of life seem to mute us – we are unable to express what it is that is arising within us. Other times we may feel that there is not enough that we can say to express all that we are feeling in response or reaction to life’s vicissitudes.