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#64 – Things Visible and Invisible

May 12, 2022 By Rick Ganz

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 … Read More » about #64 – Things Visible and Invisible

Filed Under: Dear Peregrinus

#63 – What We Hold

February 9, 2022 By Rick Ganz

“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 … Read More » about #63 – What We Hold

Filed Under: Dear Peregrinus

#62- Insurrection

January 13, 2022 By Rick Ganz

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 … Read More » about #62- Insurrection

Filed Under: Dear Peregrinus

#61 – On Attention – Look Where You Are Not Looking

November 11, 2021 By Rick Ganz

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. … Read More » about #61 – On Attention – Look Where You Are Not Looking

Filed Under: Dear Peregrinus

#60 – Lying in Wait at the Door

September 8, 2021 By Rick Ganz

Claude Joseph Vernet (1714-1789)[2], Cain and Abel Bringing Their Sacrifices (1789), held in the Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA St. Augustine … Read More » about #60 – Lying in Wait at the Door

Filed Under: Dear Peregrinus

Edmonds – On Busyness

August 18, 2021 By Mary Edmonds

Dear Peregrinus, Our dear friend Tara told me of her recent correspondence with you and I realized that I have not written to you since around this … Read More » about Edmonds – On Busyness

Filed Under: Dear Peregrinus Tagged With: busyness, easy yoke, Mary and Martha

Ludwig – On Growing Pains

July 14, 2021 By Tara Ludwig

The Miraculous Draught of Fish (1618-1619) by Peter Paul Rubens (b. Siegen, Germany, June 1577; d. Antwerp, Belgium, May 1640), at The National … Read More » about Ludwig – On Growing Pains

Filed Under: Dear Peregrinus

#59 – The Thread and the Web

June 16, 2021 By Rick Ganz

See: https://researchmatters.in/news/weaving-web-wonder Alder thinking, in Ursula Le Guin, The Other Wind, chapter 4, pp. 183-184 – “Not having … Read More » about #59 – The Thread and the Web

Filed Under: Dear Peregrinus

#58 – The Rule of Eight

May 10, 2021 By Rick Ganz

“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 … Read More » about #58 – The Rule of Eight

Filed Under: Dear Peregrinus

#57 – The Needle’s Eye

April 1, 2021 By Rick Ganz

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 … Read More » about #57 – The Needle’s Eye

Filed Under: Dear Peregrinus

#56 – The Prophet

February 11, 2021 By Rick Ganz

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 … Read More » about #56 – The Prophet

Filed Under: Dear Peregrinus Tagged With: Covid, Lent

#55 – The Wandering

January 14, 2021 By Rick Ganz

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 … Read More » about #55 – The Wandering

Filed Under: Dear Peregrinus

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