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February 2016

February 29, 2016

Hospitality and Mount Saint Mary’s University

As we at The Inner Room blog, spend some time with Henri Nouwen's book Reaching...

February 23, 2016

Tuesday Lenten Reflection II: Living With Others in Pain

In my prior Lenten post, I discussed Nouwen’s idea that the way to deal with loneliness...

February 18, 2016

Solitude of Heart

"But the solitude that really counts is the solitude of heart; it is an inner...

February 16, 2016

Reaching Out Amidst OCD and Depression: Tuesday Lenten Reflection I

I have comorbid depression and obssessive compulsive disorder. I write this, not as a bid...

February 09, 2016

Reaching Out With Henri Nouwen: A Lenten Journey

"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all...

February 05, 2016

How is Edification Like an Eggplant? On the Gathering, Preparation, and Digestion of Old Spiritual Texts

In the past few posts on old spiritual texts, we have moved from those...

February 03, 2016

If Old Spiritual Texts Seem So Boring, Then Why Should We Read Them?

In the last post, I explored the way that, once we have moved beyond the glitter...

February 01, 2016

Why Do Old Spiritual Texts Seem Boring?

Part of prayer is learning to pray with all other Christians – where two or...

January 2016

January 27, 2016

When Doing Nothing is Doing Everything

As originally posted on Huffington Post: "Knowing how to be solitary is central to the...

January 26, 2016

Our Hearts Are Deadly Until They Find Rest In You

The most perilous place for each of us is the desert within our own hearts;...

January 18, 2016

Lessons From Brother Ass on a Blue Monday

“Variable and therefore miserable condition of man; this minute, I was well, and am ill,...

December 2015

December 31, 2015

On the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God

How best to let Him grow in us, we learn From you, Theotokos, mother of...

December 24, 2015

Bright Sadness: Holy Tears in the Dark

Into this world, this demented inn, in which there is absolutely no room for Him...

December 23, 2015

Resting in Silence

“It all happened in silence; it happens in silence.” A Monk of Snowmass Monastery While...

December 22, 2015

Saintly Devotion as a Pathway to Encounter

Many of people I would call "Neo-Contemplatives" that I have met within Catholicism have...

December 21, 2015

Eala Earendel: An Old English Remedy for Morning Sadness

O Radiant Dawn, splendor of eternal light, sun of justice: come and shine on those...

December 20, 2015

Rattling the Secret Key of Salvation

O Key of David and sceptre of the House of Israel; you open and no one...

December 19, 2015

O Radix Jesse

O Root of Jesse, standing as a sign among the peoples; before you kings will...

December 18, 2015

Suffering Divine Things

O Adonai, and leader of the House of Israel,who appeared to Moses in the fire...

December 17, 2015

The Modern Day Desert

“To allow oneself to be carried away by a multitude of conflicting concerns, to surrender...

December 16, 2015

The Light and the Darkness

In today's Mass readings we find this fascinating passage from Isaiah: I am the LORD,...

December 15, 2015

The Company of Hope

“As I breathe, I hope.” Cicero We all know that this isn’t a pleasant time...

December 14, 2015

Memorial of St. John of the Cross

“Would that men might come at last to see that it is quite impossible to...

December 13, 2015

The Hard Sayings of Gaudete Sunday

Brothers and sisters: Rejoice in the Lord always. I shall say it again: rejoice! Your...

December 12, 2015

Our Lady of Guadalupe — Seat of Wisdom

Zechariah 2:17: "Silence, all humanity, in the presence of the LORD! For he stirs...

December 11, 2015

Yielding Fruit in Due Season

The Mass readings for Friday of the second week of Advent include Psalm 1. A...

December 10, 2015

An Advent Encounter

My Advent Encounter by: Christopher Johnson Early in the year 2000, a generally unremarkable time...

December 09, 2015

An Invitation Into Wonder

“Wonder is involuntary praise.” English Poet, Edward Young, (1683-1765) Reflection: Whether we reflect on it or...

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