St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274 CE)[1], Summa Theologica, Second Part of the Second Part, Question 30 – on Mercy - I answer that, As Augustine says (De Civ. Dei ix.), mercy is heartfelt sympathy for … [Read more...] about #64 – Things Visible and Invisible
#63 – What We Hold
“What has happened to our ability to dwell in unknowing, to live inside a question and coexist with the tensions of uncertainty? Where is our willingness to incubate pain and let it birth something … [Read more...] about #63 – What We Hold
#62- Insurrection
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, SJ (1881-1955)[3] – “What the future imposes on our present existence is not exactly a feeling of depression; it's rather a sort of seriousness, of detachment, of a … [Read more...] about #62- Insurrection
#61 – On Attention – Look Where You Are Not Looking
Niels Larsen Stevns (Danish, 1864-1941)[1] – “Christ and Zacchaeus” (1913), kept at the Randers Museum of Art.[2] Concerning the text in Luke 19:1-10. (If you wish to study this painting, then go to: … [Read more...] about #61 – On Attention – Look Where You Are Not Looking
#60 – Lying in Wait at the Door
Claude Joseph Vernet (1714-1789)[2], Cain and Abel Bringing Their Sacrifices (1789), held in the Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA St. Augustine of Hippo (354-430 CE), Confessions, from Book … [Read more...] about #60 – Lying in Wait at the Door
#59 – The Thread and the Web
See: https://researchmatters.in/news/weaving-web-wonder Alder thinking, in Ursula Le Guin, The Other Wind, chapter 4, pp. 183-184 – “Not having known of this larger aspect of his gift till he lost … [Read more...] about #59 – The Thread and the Web
#58 – The Rule of Eight
“For a word to be spoken,” Ged answered slowly, “there must be silence. Before, and after.” [Guin, Ursula K. Le. A Wizard of Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle Series Book 1), p. 194. Houghton Mifflin … [Read more...] about #58 – The Rule of Eight
#57 – The Needle’s Eye
John 13 – 6 He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Master, are you going to wash my feet?” 7 Jesus answered and said to him, “What I am doing, you do not understand now, but you will understand … [Read more...] about #57 – The Needle’s Eye
#56 – The Prophet
For the others, we can say that Muad’Dib learned rapidly because his first training was in how to learn. And the first lesson of all was the basic trust that he could learn. It is shocking to find how … [Read more...] about #56 – The Prophet
#55 – The Wandering
Doris Kearns Goodwin (b. 1943) - “If you interview five people about the same incident, and you see five different points of view, it makes you know what makes history so complicated. Something … [Read more...] about #55 – The Wandering