Abbot Philip: ‘Aware of God’s Loving Presence’

May 2, 2012

In April, our brothers at Christ in the Desert Monastery released a new disc of music titled “Blessings, Peace and Harmony: Monks of the Desert.” I urge you to practice mutual aid by purchasing this music. You will receive much more than you give!
Abbot Philip writes this week about the importance of spending time allowing [...]

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Prayers in the Circle of Community

April 30, 2012

This has been a week of illness and loss among our community of elders:
Fr. Bill McNichols, the iconographer of Taos, had a massive heart attack on Friday, April 27. He’s on total life support in Albuquerque. Bill is the artist behind the beautiful icons that many of us have. (This news came from John Dear [...]

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John Gittings: The Glorious Art of Peace

April 24, 2012

The author of The Glorious Art of Peace says history is usually studied and written from the perspective of war, and can look very different when viewed from the perspective of peace. The author John Gittings was part of the UK’s nuclear disarmament movement and an editor and writer for The Guardian. He’s also associate editor [...]

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To Be (Brown) or Not To Be?

April 20, 2012

My buddy Mari Castellanos’ commentary A Supreme Case for the Court is a good preparation for the Supreme Court hearings on the racist anti-immigrant laws in Arizona.
I call the laws “racist” and “anti-immigrant” because they are. But there are legitimate questions that need to be raised about overhauling our immigration system so that it responds [...]

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Abbot Philip: ‘If we always agreed, there would be not much need to listen’

April 18, 2012

Abbot Philip is part of Christ in the Desert monastery in Abiquiu, New Mexico. I’ve visited there only once and it was a profoundly transforming experience. He writes:
One of the great challenges of the spiritual life is that of accepting ourselves as we are, even when others may not understand us nor accept us.
Each of [...]

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John of the Cross: ‘Examined in Love’

April 18, 2012

“It’s much easier to condemn the world than to help save it, much easier to say what you disapprove of than to go and do something useful. ‘In the evening of life you will be examined in love,’ said St. John of the Cross. What you have condemned won’t figure on the exam paper at [...]

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Thomas Merton: Finding the World

April 17, 2012

“The way to find the real ‘world’ is not merely to measure and observe what is outside us, but to discover our own inner ground. For that is where the world is, first of all: in my deepest self.”–Thomas Merton
From Contemplation In A World Of Action by Thomas Merton (Doubleday, 1973)

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Video: Joseph Ross Reading From ‘Meeting Bone Man’

April 16, 2012

My friend Joseph Ross has released his first collection of poems titled Meeting Bone Man from Main Street Rag. He is an phenomenal, hard-working poet who investigates the hairline fractures in our souls and applies just enough pressure to stimulate healing before we snap in two.
Here’s Joe reading to a packed house at Busboys [...]

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Whose ‘Filthy, Rotten System’?

April 16, 2012

Brian Terrell has a great column in the National Catholic Reporter (April 16, 2012) tracing the origin of one of Dorothy Day’s most famous phrases: “Our problems stem from our acceptance of this filthy, rotten system.” And he found a surprise! The Occupy Movement has taken up Dorothy’s phrase as one of their slogans [...]

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Cornhuskers and the Keystone XL: Next Steps?

April 11, 2012

Cornhuskers and the Keystone XL: Next Steps? by Rose Marie Berger
Wednesday afternoon the Nebraska state legislature approved a bill (LB1161) that will allow Nebraska to proceed with a $2 million study to find a route for TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline through the state. Gov. Dave Heineman is expected to sign the measure [...]

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