Speaking of God

Sister theologians and biblical scholars explore the quest for God in light of the global reality.

Detail of tempera and gold on parchment "Manuscript Leaf with Scenes from the Life of Saint Francis of Assisi," circa 1320-42, made in Bologna, Italy, for Hungarian use (Metropolitan Museum of Art/Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin L. Weisl Jr., 1994)

The modern vision of Pope Francis in a medieval church

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Dec 1, 2020

It seems the pope wants to take the church to a new place in the world, not as an authoritarian leader, but as an animator of the spirit. However, he has ignored the novel theology ushered in by the early Franciscan theologians.

Learning about the Father from my own

by Joy Clough

Jun 11, 2018

An important lesson in my life is one that I'm still learning. It involves welcoming and trusting God as a loving father, rather than as a severe judge or "divine tester." Once, when I was quite young and probably came home with some catechism lesson about heaven and hell, my dad said with great conviction, that as a father he could never consign any of his children to unending torment — that is, to hell. His conviction was an awakening for me.

Time to become ultra-human?

by Ilia Delio

Jan 9, 2018

We want to change, but we cannot seem to get beyond a cultural depression. Although we mark this new year as "2018" maybe we should mark it 4.5618 billion years (the approximate age of Earth) or 202,018, the approximate age of the Homo sapiens species.

Discovering the true self in God with Merton's guidance

by Ilia Delio

Jan 23, 2017

What drew me to Thomas Merton (and still does) was his deep inner search for truth and light, his inner yearning for God.

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The modern vision of Pope Francis in a medieval church

Learning about the Father from my own

Time to become ultra-human?

Discovering the true self in God with Merton's guidance

Can consumer people be Christmas people?

Quantum edge catholicity

Is religious life attentive to Jesus?

The gift of the Assumption

The size of God

God in the midst of pain

Politics, Teilhard, and the world's future

Cosmic coincidence: The Annunciation and Good Friday

Living in a wavy universe

Science, the existence of suffering, and God

Mercy and the humility of God

Laudato Si' and Vatican III

Beatrice Bruteau, Pope Francis and global community

Lessons from the woman at the well

Lex credendi, lex vivendi: A response to Laudato Si’

A new level of thinking about creation

The gift of papal silence

Radical forgiveness: Lessons from nature

A transformative effect of murmuring

Why the earth won’t green without us

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