“He Offered His Life to God for His People”
Certain witnesses to love and hopefulness take our breath away. Their commitment to truth and the defense of life remind us, in …
Holy Prophet Thomas Merton
Editor’s Note: The following meditation was written by Fr. William Hart McNichols to accompany his new icon of Thomas Merton, commissioned by …
“God Enters Without Publicity into the City of Rapacious Men”: The Secrets of Advent
And how does this happen to me,that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For at the moment the sound of …
March in Support of LGBTQ Persons
Author’s Note: On Tuesday November 15, 2022, at Regis University in northwest Denver, a large gathering of students, faculty and staff came …
Rediscovering Child Mind
Author’s Note: In honor of “back to school” week, I’m reprising a post I first published in 2015. I wish everyone involved …
Crippled, Bound, and Set Free
Jesus was teaching in a synagogue on the sabbath. And a woman was there who for eighteen years had been crippled by …
The Passing of Thich Nhat Hanh
Dear friends, In case you haven’t yet heard, it is with deep sadness but also tremendous gratitude for his beautiful life that …
The Birth and Death Pangs of Beloved Community
On the night of April 3, 1968, when Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered his final public speech in a crowded church in …
Jim Forest We Will Miss You
The worldwide Merton community today is mourning the loss of Jim Forest, a dear friend, peacemaker, prophetic witness, loving husband, father, and …
Hope and Dark Night Mysticism in the Theology of Constance FitzGerald
It is only in the process of bringing the impasse to prayer, to the perspective of the God who loves us, that …
