Jon M. Sweeney
@jonmsweeney.bsky.social
Publishing on Jan. 6: 'Experiencing God: 36 Ways according to Saint Francis of Assisi.' Author of other books includ ‘The Complete Francis of Assisi’, ‘Meister Eckhart's Book of..’, etc. Vermonter. Catholic married to Recon rabbi.
I found this Burns & Oates beauty at Powell’s Chicago yesterday.
November 13, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I found this Burns & Oates beauty at Powell’s Chicago yesterday.
"I want nothing more"
A prayer from 'Meister Eckhart’s Book of Darkness and Light'🙏
A prayer from 'Meister Eckhart’s Book of Darkness and Light'🙏
November 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM
"I want nothing more"
A prayer from 'Meister Eckhart’s Book of Darkness and Light'🙏
A prayer from 'Meister Eckhart’s Book of Darkness and Light'🙏
He wouldn’t have irreverently set Q on the floor like that.
November 11, 2025 at 9:40 AM
He wouldn’t have irreverently set Q on the floor like that.
Nicholas Black Elk (left) and Eagle Elk stand in Our Lady of the Sioux Church on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota in the early 1900s.
November 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Nicholas Black Elk (left) and Eagle Elk stand in Our Lady of the Sioux Church on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota in the early 1900s.
This may be the publishing rom-com you haven’t seen. It’s fun. Bette Davis as a magazine editor in 1948.
November 9, 2025 at 12:23 PM
This may be the publishing rom-com you haven’t seen. It’s fun. Bette Davis as a magazine editor in 1948.
Catalogers of used books used to refer to bindings like this one as ‘shaken.’ In other words, well read. I gravitate toward them.
November 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Catalogers of used books used to refer to bindings like this one as ‘shaken.’ In other words, well read. I gravitate toward them.
Very cool! And I'm told that anyone can join.
"The Boston College Faith Feeds Book Club offers a sacred space to explore Christian books and engage in virtual conversations with the authors who inspire them. Our next feature book and author is..." www.bc.edu/content/bc-w...
"The Boston College Faith Feeds Book Club offers a sacred space to explore Christian books and engage in virtual conversations with the authors who inspire them. Our next feature book and author is..." www.bc.edu/content/bc-w...
November 5, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Very cool! And I'm told that anyone can join.
"The Boston College Faith Feeds Book Club offers a sacred space to explore Christian books and engage in virtual conversations with the authors who inspire them. Our next feature book and author is..." www.bc.edu/content/bc-w...
"The Boston College Faith Feeds Book Club offers a sacred space to explore Christian books and engage in virtual conversations with the authors who inspire them. Our next feature book and author is..." www.bc.edu/content/bc-w...
Save the date? Milwaukee- at the Capuchin Spiritual Center - on January 10 to learn practical ways of encountering God in daily life according to the experiences of St. Francis of Assisi.
Or, come to my event at @boswellbooks.bsky.social the night before, Jan. 9: www.eventbrite.com/e/jon-m-swee...
Or, come to my event at @boswellbooks.bsky.social the night before, Jan. 9: www.eventbrite.com/e/jon-m-swee...
November 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Save the date? Milwaukee- at the Capuchin Spiritual Center - on January 10 to learn practical ways of encountering God in daily life according to the experiences of St. Francis of Assisi.
Or, come to my event at @boswellbooks.bsky.social the night before, Jan. 9: www.eventbrite.com/e/jon-m-swee...
Or, come to my event at @boswellbooks.bsky.social the night before, Jan. 9: www.eventbrite.com/e/jon-m-swee...
I love the simple typography of this book jacket. I always find Updike interesting, often frustrating, but this is a beautifully edited and produced book by @AAKnopf.
November 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I love the simple typography of this book jacket. I always find Updike interesting, often frustrating, but this is a beautifully edited and produced book by @AAKnopf.
7 years ago today Fr. Thomas Keating was buried at St. Joseph's Abbey/Spencer.
November 3, 2025 at 11:26 AM
7 years ago today Fr. Thomas Keating was buried at St. Joseph's Abbey/Spencer.
I recently got around to watching all of Homeland, and it was so cool at the end of the final season how Carrie Mathison needed to understand Tauchnitz Editions of British authors in order to decipher the identity of the upper level Russian spy.
November 1, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I recently got around to watching all of Homeland, and it was so cool at the end of the final season how Carrie Mathison needed to understand Tauchnitz Editions of British authors in order to decipher the identity of the upper level Russian spy.
I devoured this in college! Hadn’t seen one in a dust jacket for a very long time.
October 30, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I devoured this in college! Hadn’t seen one in a dust jacket for a very long time.
We are all friendlier after we’ve been fed.
October 30, 2025 at 8:22 AM
We are all friendlier after we’ve been fed.
Very sad to see that St. John's Anglican Church in Black River, Jamaica, was destroyed in yesterday's Hurricane Melissa.
October 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Very sad to see that St. John's Anglican Church in Black River, Jamaica, was destroyed in yesterday's Hurricane Melissa.
Today, in the cold almost-November soil, we planted a cherry tree and a peach tree. It's about hope.
October 28, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Today, in the cold almost-November soil, we planted a cherry tree and a peach tree. It's about hope.
I can’t find my damn glasses.
October 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I can’t find my damn glasses.
Highly unusual back cover copy. Must have been the thirties.
October 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Highly unusual back cover copy. Must have been the thirties.
This is a challenging teaching of Meister Eckhart.
From ‘Meister Eckhart’s Book of Darkness and Light’📚
From ‘Meister Eckhart’s Book of Darkness and Light’📚
October 26, 2025 at 9:58 AM
This is a challenging teaching of Meister Eckhart.
From ‘Meister Eckhart’s Book of Darkness and Light’📚
From ‘Meister Eckhart’s Book of Darkness and Light’📚
This is probably the rarest thing on my shelves. His 2nd book, 2000 copies printed, never reprinted by Greene’s demand.
October 25, 2025 at 11:19 AM
This is probably the rarest thing on my shelves. His 2nd book, 2000 copies printed, never reprinted by Greene’s demand.
My wife says, when I eat twizzlers, I am basically freebasing sugar. So that’s bad then.
October 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
My wife says, when I eat twizzlers, I am basically freebasing sugar. So that’s bad then.
A tough week. Just hugging a potato, you know, like you do.
October 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
A tough week. Just hugging a potato, you know, like you do.
I found this for a few bucks today at our local used bookstore.
October 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I found this for a few bucks today at our local used bookstore.
If you can find somewhere to see this powerful documentary, you should. I was lucky to see it today in Middlebury, Vermont.
October 22, 2025 at 8:08 PM
If you can find somewhere to see this powerful documentary, you should. I was lucky to see it today in Middlebury, Vermont.
I am finally getting to it. So good.
October 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I am finally getting to it. So good.
We're about to mark the 60th anniversary of Nostra aetate. I'll be at Sacred Heart Univ. in Fairfield, CT in March 2026 talking on 'Rabbi Norman Lamm Was Right: Why Catholics Should Look Upon Nostra Aetate as Only a Step in the Right Direction.'
For details: www.sacredheart.edu/offices--dep...
For details: www.sacredheart.edu/offices--dep...
October 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
We're about to mark the 60th anniversary of Nostra aetate. I'll be at Sacred Heart Univ. in Fairfield, CT in March 2026 talking on 'Rabbi Norman Lamm Was Right: Why Catholics Should Look Upon Nostra Aetate as Only a Step in the Right Direction.'
For details: www.sacredheart.edu/offices--dep...
For details: www.sacredheart.edu/offices--dep...