Prayer as Desire
[“As the deer pants for flowing streams, so my soul pants after You, O God. . . .my entire being longs for You; my body pines for You. . . .” (Ps 42:1 &...
Monthly Archive: January 2025
Requiem “for the God . . . [Who] No Longer Exists”
[John Welch, OCarm, When Gods Die: An Introduction to John of the Cross. NY: Paulist Press, 1990.] [In 1991 Thomas Keating, OCSO, sixty-eight and on the threshold of what Juan de la Cruz called...
The Christ as Recapitulation
[Cynthia Bourgeault, Thomas Keating: The Making of a Modern Christian Mystic. Boulder, CO: Shambhala, 2024.] O Lover, In her splendid tracing of the last years of the spiritual journey of Thomas Keating, OCSO (1923-2018),...
Epiphany as Universal
O Lover, Sunday last was the the Feast of the Epiphany, the final day of Christmastide. The liturgical meaning of epiphany is rich indeed: disclosure, revelation, manifestation, showcasing. Praise be to You: initiator, agent,...