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Unknowing is not ignorance or absence of knowledge as ordinarily understood, but rather the realization that no finite knowledge can fully know the Infinite One, and that therefore He is only truly to be approached by agnosia, or by that which is beyond and above knowledge.
Dionysius
Dionysius
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Whoever prays for the coming of the kingdom of God within himself is praying rightly, praying for the kingdom to dawn in him, bear fruit and reach perfection. … Then we will be a spiritual garden of Eden for God to walk in. ~ Origen (Office of Readings) #ChristTheKing
November 23, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Whoever prays for the coming of the kingdom of God within himself is praying rightly, praying for the kingdom to dawn in him, bear fruit and reach perfection. … Then we will be a spiritual garden of Eden for God to walk in. ~ Origen (Office of Readings) #ChristTheKing
In the Sandia foothills.
November 22, 2025 at 1:20 PM
In the Sandia foothills.
Comprehensive thread on the impact of Dorothy Day. Her autobiography -- "The Long Loneliness" -- sits on my nightstand.
#ResistanceRoots
Dorothy Day was born on this day in 1897 in New York City. Day was a journalist and social activist who co-founded the Catholic Worker Movement. She dedicated her life to serving the poor, advocating for social justice and pacifism and practicing nonviolent civil disobedience. /1
Dorothy Day was born on this day in 1897 in New York City. Day was a journalist and social activist who co-founded the Catholic Worker Movement. She dedicated her life to serving the poor, advocating for social justice and pacifism and practicing nonviolent civil disobedience. /1
November 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Comprehensive thread on the impact of Dorothy Day. Her autobiography -- "The Long Loneliness" -- sits on my nightstand.
I love this picture of a pomegranate from our garden. Someone has opened it up and eaten some seeds. It's dying in the midst of giving life.
November 8, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I love this picture of a pomegranate from our garden. Someone has opened it up and eaten some seeds. It's dying in the midst of giving life.
I had a chance to listen to Richard Rohr talk about Franciscan spirituality at Holy Family parish recently
November 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I had a chance to listen to Richard Rohr talk about Franciscan spirituality at Holy Family parish recently
New mural from Albuquerque based artist Jodie Herrera -- "Suenos Sin Injusticia"
November 8, 2025 at 9:33 PM
New mural from Albuquerque based artist Jodie Herrera -- "Suenos Sin Injusticia"
“Anglicans inherit a tradition of humility about the sources of spiritual knowledge.”
“Later Anglican thinkers, following Richard Hooker, would frame this task as holding Scripture, tradition and reason in dynamic conversation — a posture of discernment rather than distrust.”
“Later Anglican thinkers, following Richard Hooker, would frame this task as holding Scripture, tradition and reason in dynamic conversation — a posture of discernment rather than distrust.”
Who wrote this prayer? Discernment, trust and the spirit in the age of AI
(RNS) — The question isn’t whether a machine can pray, but whether we still know how to listen for the Spirit.
religionnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Greg Boyle at CAC event shared a favorite word of Ignatius (acatamiento) -- translates to affectionate awe. We should look at the poor and dispossessed and the migrant as God does. "Let's try to look at the poor with awe at what they are carrying rather than with judgment of how they carry it."
October 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Greg Boyle at CAC event shared a favorite word of Ignatius (acatamiento) -- translates to affectionate awe. We should look at the poor and dispossessed and the migrant as God does. "Let's try to look at the poor with awe at what they are carrying rather than with judgment of how they carry it."
Heard today at ReVision (Center for Action and Contemplation) "Silence is God's first language, everything else is a poor translation." Thomas Keating
October 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Heard today at ReVision (Center for Action and Contemplation) "Silence is God's first language, everything else is a poor translation." Thomas Keating
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Belonging is discovering who you really are in the presence of others who love you.
October 23, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Belonging is discovering who you really are in the presence of others who love you.
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"I pray and counsel you...to live always a most holy and simple life. Be careful to avoid anyone who would teach or guide you in any other way." #SaintFrancisOfAssisi #LiveTheGospel
October 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
"I pray and counsel you...to live always a most holy and simple life. Be careful to avoid anyone who would teach or guide you in any other way." #SaintFrancisOfAssisi #LiveTheGospel
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Graham Greene: “The greatest saints have been men with more than a normal capacity for evil, and the most vicious men have sometimes narrowly evaded sanctity.”
October 9, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Graham Greene: “The greatest saints have been men with more than a normal capacity for evil, and the most vicious men have sometimes narrowly evaded sanctity.”
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“It is an eternal obligation towards the human being not to let him suffer from hunger when one has the chance of coming to his assistance.”
— Simone Weil
— Simone Weil
September 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
“It is an eternal obligation towards the human being not to let him suffer from hunger when one has the chance of coming to his assistance.”
— Simone Weil
— Simone Weil
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Brian Kilmeade deserves praise for his apology.
Brian Kilmeade apologized for his comments about homeless people getting lethal injections this morning on Fox & Friends, saying "so many homeless people deserve our empathy and compassion."
Here's the clip of his apology 👇
Here's the clip of his apology 👇
September 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Brian Kilmeade deserves praise for his apology.
From Greg Boyle, SJ, on the Dan Harris podcast.
September 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
From Greg Boyle, SJ, on the Dan Harris podcast.
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Postscript by Seamus Heaney who died twelve years ago today
August 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Postscript by Seamus Heaney who died twelve years ago today
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We can't even play basketball 🏀 🤬
August 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
We can't even play basketball 🏀 🤬
Sunrise, sunset
Sunrise, sunset
Swiftly fly the years
One season following another
Laden with happiness and tears
One season following another
Laden with happiness and tears
Perry Como
Sunrise, sunset
Swiftly fly the years
One season following another
Laden with happiness and tears
One season following another
Laden with happiness and tears
Perry Como
August 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Sunrise, sunset
Sunrise, sunset
Swiftly fly the years
One season following another
Laden with happiness and tears
One season following another
Laden with happiness and tears
Perry Como
Sunrise, sunset
Swiftly fly the years
One season following another
Laden with happiness and tears
One season following another
Laden with happiness and tears
Perry Como
Santa Fe sunset and baby hawk at home in Los Ranchos, NM.
July 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Santa Fe sunset and baby hawk at home in Los Ranchos, NM.
Good Samaritan Sunday.
The "law" is written on our hearts. "It is something very near to you, already in your mouths and in your hearts; you have only to carry it out."
Who is our neighbor? We know in our hearts; we don't want to live up to it -- we want an out in the law. Be like the Samaritan.
The "law" is written on our hearts. "It is something very near to you, already in your mouths and in your hearts; you have only to carry it out."
Who is our neighbor? We know in our hearts; we don't want to live up to it -- we want an out in the law. Be like the Samaritan.
July 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Good Samaritan Sunday.
The "law" is written on our hearts. "It is something very near to you, already in your mouths and in your hearts; you have only to carry it out."
Who is our neighbor? We know in our hearts; we don't want to live up to it -- we want an out in the law. Be like the Samaritan.
The "law" is written on our hearts. "It is something very near to you, already in your mouths and in your hearts; you have only to carry it out."
Who is our neighbor? We know in our hearts; we don't want to live up to it -- we want an out in the law. Be like the Samaritan.
Where should I flee before You, when all my yearning for the unbounded, even my bold trust in my littleness, is really a confession of You?
Karl Rahner
Karl Rahner
July 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Where should I flee before You, when all my yearning for the unbounded, even my bold trust in my littleness, is really a confession of You?
Karl Rahner
Karl Rahner
Beautifully reasoned and written review of books from Peterson and Douhat.
“For the American right, Trump’s reelection last November was manna from a darkening heaven.”
Make Religion Great Again
For all their differences, both Jordan Peterson and Ross Douthat engage in a pragmatic effort to enlist belief on behalf of a reactionary political project.
www.commonwealmagazine.org
July 2, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Beautifully reasoned and written review of books from Peterson and Douhat.
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Laughing in front of cages designed to hold migrants and refugees, many of whom came to this country fleeing extreme violence and poverty, and hoping to raise their children in a more compassionate country. And many of whom followed all the legal procedures to enter the country.
July 2, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Laughing in front of cages designed to hold migrants and refugees, many of whom came to this country fleeing extreme violence and poverty, and hoping to raise their children in a more compassionate country. And many of whom followed all the legal procedures to enter the country.
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#tdih 1820 You've heard of Amistad, but what about Antelope ship 19 years earlier?
Ship captured by U.S. Treasury.
281 Africans aboard in bondage were imprisoned.
Not given rightful freedom as they demanded.
7 year legal battle. #Reparations #TeachTruth🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/an...
Ship captured by U.S. Treasury.
281 Africans aboard in bondage were imprisoned.
Not given rightful freedom as they demanded.
7 year legal battle. #Reparations #TeachTruth🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/an...
June 29, 1820: The Antelope Ship Arrived in Savannah
Two hundred and eighty one Africans aboard The Antelope ship were brought to Savannah by the U.S. Treasury.
www.zinnedproject.org
June 29, 2025 at 11:31 AM
#tdih 1820 You've heard of Amistad, but what about Antelope ship 19 years earlier?
Ship captured by U.S. Treasury.
281 Africans aboard in bondage were imprisoned.
Not given rightful freedom as they demanded.
7 year legal battle. #Reparations #TeachTruth🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/an...
Ship captured by U.S. Treasury.
281 Africans aboard in bondage were imprisoned.
Not given rightful freedom as they demanded.
7 year legal battle. #Reparations #TeachTruth🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/an...