From the Center for Action and Contemplation
Week Fourteen
Something in you dies when you bear the unbearable. And it is only in that dark night of the soul that you are prepared to see as God sees and to love as God loves.… Read the rest
“The hills are alive with the sound of mommy!“
That is the opening sentence my sister wrote for our mother’s obituary. The day before Thanksgiving, 2014, our beloved friend and nurturer was diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer and given 5 months to live.… Read the rest
Richard Rohr’s Daily Meditation
From the Center for Action and Contemplation
Image credit: Autumn Leaves (detail), Koan, 2018.
Thursday, November 22, 2018
Thanksgiving in the United States
In one way or another, almost all religions say that you must die before you die, and then you will know what dying means—and what it does not mean!… Read the rest
Strangers in Good Company (Touchstone, 1991)
A group of long-lived women take shelter in an abandoned farmhouse when their tour bus breaks down. While they wait for other transportation, they share the stories of their lives with each other.
