✅ I WAS WANDERING AROUND Barnes & Nobles enjoying the positive vibe that comes from being around people who like books when I saw a copy of the latest book about Gwyneth Paltrow. I’d rea…| THE SPECTACLED BEAN
Life is alright. Work is a grind and it comes in waves. It’s actually not that busy when compared to last year because of the housing market slump and people losing their jobs. This is a chun…| iambobbyy.com
In the Spanish language there is a wonderful idiom that has gone out of fashion in our times to express a sudden silence: “ha pasado un ángel”, or an angel passed by. The phrase is commonly used wh…| Infrapolitical Reflections
For anyone interested in the sacred dimension of reading, I’ve created a week of free online meetings to introduce a contemplative way of engaging with texts–not necessarily “religious” in the conventional sense. I’m very excited to share this practice with you all, as it’s been transformative in my own life. Each meeting will be independent, … Continue reading A week of sacred reading starts tomorrow| Entering the Enchanted Castle
St. Bonaventure, known as the Seraphic Doctor, teaches us about mystical or contemplative prayer in the Holy Spirit who enkindles within us a raging fire and carries the soul to God with intense fervor and glowing love. The post Mystical Prayer in the Holy Spirit – Bonaventure appeared first on Crossroads Initiative.| Crossroads Initiative
Hiiii 😎Byeeeeeee.🫡 * * * NicknamesPretty much everyone I know or have met has some sort of nickname. I just don’t always tell them until I get to know them better. Some are more casual while …| iambobbyy.com
Objection 1 – Who am I to preach in honor of the one whose mouth poured forth sweet words of wisdom? I am not worthy to preach in honor of the master who climbed the mountain of God and whose words flowed forth like Jeremiah’s “many waters” that were “rich in treasures” (Jeremiah 51:13), or […] The post Words Like Straw: A Eulogy on St. Thomas Aquinas appeared first on Homiletic & Pastoral Review.| Homiletic & Pastoral Review
Speak with truth and kindness, when it’s inconvenient. Speak with truth and kindness, when you are under pressure. Speak with truth and kindness, even when it’s uncomfortable. Speak with truth and …| Something to Ponder About
This is post is for last month's RPG Blog Carnival topic: hosted on Sea of Stars . The gods have continued to laugh at my plans, so ...| elementalreductions.blogspot.com
Pillars of Creation in Eagle Nebula (Messier 16) Devotion! daughter of astronomy! An undevout astronomer is mad. ~ Edward Young (Night Thoughts, Night 9, l.769) WE previously posted comments by Scottish theologian and astronomer Thomas Dick (1774−1857) on the Religious Benefits of Astronomy from the Introduction he wrote to Elijah Burritt’s Geography of the Heavens. […]| Christian Platonism
St. Augustine of Hippo (stained glass; location unknown) 1John 3 [1] Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. [2] Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not […]| Christian Platonism
Robert Fludd, Jacob’s Ladder AUGUSTINE famously distinguished between two powers or levels of human reason, which he called lower reason (ratio inferior) and higher reason (ratio superior). These refer, respectively, to discursive reasoning (ratiocination) and intellection (immediate grasp), and correspond to what in the Platonic/Neoplatonic tradition are called dianoia and nous. Augustine’s views, of course, […]| Christian Platonism
Piero Di Cosimo, Incarnation of Jesus (c.1485−1505; detail) RICHARD OF ST. VICTOR discusses a mystical state of consciousness he calls alienatio mentis (alienation of the mind). [1] This is a type of ecstasy in which one loses contact with bodily senses. Typically, however, both consciousness itself and awareness of oneself remain intact. That is, it […]| Christian Platonism
WE CONCLUDE our translation of Section 6 of De septem septenis with the last form of contemplation it considers, inspiration, which is called an “infusion of the mind from above.” This…| Christian Platonism