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POETRY: Antiphons, by Michael Guite
In Memory of Andrew Dickson Hope is an orientation of the spirit, an orientation of the heart; it transcends the world that is immediately experienced, and is anchored somewhere beyond its horizons. ....
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WISDOM: From The Book Of Knowledge, by Cynthia Zarin
From The American Scholar (The Children’s Encyclopedia/The Grolier Society, vol. 115, 1936) 1. What makes a fairy ring? Fairy rings are made of a kind of fungus. 2. Why does damp air make us ill? Damp...
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STATIONS OF THE CROSS: Fifth Station — The Cross Is Laid On Simon Of Cyrene,...
From The Path of Eternal Wisdom, written under the pseudonym, John Cordelier Humanity’s First Opportunity – Active Cooperation If we – as one of the penalties inseparable from human devotion to great...
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STATIONS OF THE CROSS: Sixth Station — The Face Of Jesus Christ Wiped By...
From The Path of Eternal Wisdom, written under the pseudonym, John Cordelier Humanity’s Second Opportunity: Loving Receptivity In Veronica and her action we have a singularly exact, as well as a...
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STATIONS OF THE CROSS: Eighth Station — The Women Of Jerusalem Mourn For Our...
From The Path of Eternal Wisdom, written under the pseudonym, John Cordelier The Soul as a Spectator of the Divine Tragedy Human Love in Our Lady, Contemplative Love in Saint John, Ministering Love in...
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STATIONS OF THE CROSS: Ninth Station — Jesus Christ Falls For The Third Time
From The Path of Eternal Wisdom, written under the pseudonym, John Cordelier The Eternal Wisdom Shares the Utmost Weakness of His World There are four steps, says Richard of Saint Victor, upon that...
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STATIONS OF THE CROSS: Tenth Station — Jesus Christ Is Stripped Of His...
From The Path of Eternal Wisdom, written under the pseudonym, John Cordelier The Mysteries of the Eternal Wisdom Given into the Hands of His Foes “They parted his garments amongst them” – visible...
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STATIONS OF THE CROSS: Fourteenth Station — Jesus Christ Is Laid In The...
From The Path of Eternal Wisdom, written under the pseudonym, John Cordelier Death as the Gate of Life It is surely the strangest, least-to-be guessed-at paradox of the spiritual life, that Wisdom’s...
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PRAYER: Two Prayers For Speaking And Listening, by Marjorie Procter-Smith
From The Church In Her House A PRAYER FOR THE PRESENCE OF THE HOLY ONE Holy One, you speak, and worlds come into existence; you act, and the waters leap and the earth dances. Show yourself to us in...
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POETRY: A Spirit Passed Before Me, by George Noel Gordon, Lord Byron
A spirit passed before me: I beheld The face of immortality unveiled— Deep sleep came down on every eye save mine— And there it stood,—all formless—but divine; Along my bones the creeping flesh did...
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PRAYER: Thinking About Speaking And Listening, by Marjorie Procter-Smith
From The Church in her House Prayer is simply conversation. Granted, it is conversation with the Holy One, who is creator and sustainer of all that is, so not just any kind of conversation. But it is...
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REFLECTION: Wisdom, by Joan Chittister
From The Gift of Years “In youth we learn,” Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach wrote when she was seventy-five years old, “in age we understand.” Clearly, here was a woman who understood the function of age,...
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MYSTICISM: From Faith to Wisdom
From New Seeds of Contemplation The living God, the God who is God and not a philosopher’s abstraction, lies infinitely beyond the reach of anything our eyes can see or our minds can understand. No...
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WISDOM: How Will I Know Truth When I See It?, by Joan Chittister
From Welcome to the Wisdom of the World Monasteries are curious places. To the occasional monastery-watcher, they can seem so uniform, so boringly organized. Monastics, for the most part, live a...
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WISDOM: Gifts Of Deeper Insights, by Harley H. Schmitt
From Many Gifts, One Lord The gifts of wisdom, knowledge, and discerning of spirits belong together. The first gift in this category is introduced as “the utterance of wisdom” and “the utterance of...
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WISDOM: Another Feminine Face Of The Divine, by Matthew Fox
From One River, Many Wells Sophia (Wisdom) I loved; I sought her out in my youth, I fell in love with her beauty, and I longed to make her my bride. Once you have grasped her, never let her go. In the...
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SATURDAY READING: Wisdom, by Ernest Kurtz & Katherine Ketcham
From Experiencing Spirituality Wisdom begins in wonder. (Edith Hamilton) The Master argued with no one, for he knew that what the arguer sought was confirmation of his beliefs, not the truth. He once...
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MYSTICISM: Mystical Knowledge And Rational Knowledge, by Peggy Wilkinson
From: Finding the Mystic Within You “I prayed, and understanding was given me. . . . Wisdom is quicker to move than any motion: she is so pure, she pervades and permeates all things. She is a breath...
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WISDOM: Metanoia, by Joan Chittister
From Illuminated Life: Monastic Wisdom for Seekers of Light One day Abba Arsenius was asking an old Egyptian man for advice. There was someone who saw this and said to him: “Abba Arsenius, why is a...
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WISDOM: Nature, by Joan Chittister
From Illuminated Life: Monastic Wisdom for Seekers of Light A philosopher asked Saint Anthony: “Father, how can you be enthusiastic when the comfort of books has been taken away from you?” And Anthony...
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