A Blog by LeRoy Friesen
O Lover, In my own lifetime stunning advances in cosmology and astrophysics have given rise to the inter-related terms “deep space” and “deep time.” That adjective is employed in response to the hitherto unimaginable...
O Lover, In the genre of Renaissance Christian mystics Catherine of Genoa (1447-1510) is distinguished from most others: she was the first married Christian woman to leave a mystical paper trail; engaged in all...
[“We need a new God.” This statement is attributed to Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, SJ (1881-1955) by Georgetown University’s John Haught in the major bio documentary “Teilhard: Visionary Scientist” which appeared in May of...
[“With his whole being (David) loved his Maker and daily had his praises sung . . .” (Sirach 47:8). The Book of Sirach was written in Hebrew by Yeshua ben Sira in Jerusalem (c.180...
[“Out of the depths I have cried to You, O Lord. Lord, hear my cry!” (Ps 130:1)] O Lover, While preparing for Mass on the 10th Sunday of ordinary time I was channeled by...
O Lover, Recently a clause has been coming to me, “Awaken Me to You,” which both escorts into prayer and helps to fend off distractions, even while pointing in a dedicated direction. While paradoxically...
O Lover, I begin ambivalently, raising this prayer-post with hesitancy. As starters, there is a pandemic-like pattern of self-deception in our society regarding both religion and spirituality. Ideational and ideological idolatries abound with the...
O Lover, Across recent decades I have both begun and concluded the day with the praying of Psalm 63:1-8. Recently, just before Mass actually, I was skewered by the line “For Your love is...
[“And, if you have not been enchanted by this adventure—your life—what would do for you?” (Mary Oliver, “To Begin with, the Sweet Grass,” Devotions, 78)] O Lover, The question “is this all there is...
[“This is how we shall know that we are in the truth, and before God be assured in our heart even when that very heart condemns us: God is greater than our heart and...