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Spring 2025 Mendicant Introduction
April 1st, 2025
Since Fr. Richard published The Universal Christ in 2019, many of us on the CAC team heard him say, “If I ever wrote another book, which I assuredly don’t have the energy to do, it would be on the way of the prophet, and what the prophetic lineage has to teach us.”
I must have heard Richard say that a dozen
“The Tears of Things”
April 1st, 2025
In the first book of Virgil’s Aeneid (line 462), the hero Aeneas gazes at a mural that depicts a battle of the Trojan War and the deaths of his friends and countrymen. He is so moved with sorrow at the tragedy of it all that he speaks of “the tears of things” (lacrimae rerum). As Seamus Heaney translates it
Dancing with the Divine Fire
April 1st, 2025
Beloved CAC faculty member Dr. Barbara Holmes, known to her students affectionately as “Dr. B.,” passed away in late 2024. A giant in our contemplative community, she embodied a rare wisdom and impacted countless people. In a video recorded for Richard Rohr’s Daily Meditations shortly before her death, Dr. B.
Inconsolable: The Path of the Prophet-Mystic
April 1st, 2025
Our religious conditioning has carved a gulf between the prophet and the mystic, just as we have between action and contemplation and between transcendence and immanence. It’s easy to buy into the illusion that these two spiritual orientations are fundamentally and mutually exclusive. But you can, of course, be both
T.S. Eliot’s Evocative Poetry | Season 10 Wrap-Up of “Turning to the Mystics”
Your heart beats in poetic rhythm — and in Season 10 of “Turning to the Mystics,” we explore the spirituality of poetry.
In this dynamic season, we embarked on a journey through T.S. Eliot's evocative poem, "Four Quartets," guided by our hosts, James Finley and Kristen Oates.
“When I read 'Four
Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III on Thriving in Turbulent Times
March 28th, 2025
We love the opportunity to sit down and go deeper with authors featured in our Daily Meditations. Today, we invite you into this conversation with activist Rev. Dr. Otis Moss, III — perhaps you will even discover a new perspective on our 2025 Daily Meditation theme Being Salt and Light.
In this video
A New Look, A Timeless Mission
The Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC) has long sought to be a place where seekers and contemplatives can engage the wisdom that heals—starting with ourselves, and rippling outward to others.
The last few years have been full of change and expansion for our organization. We have been growing at a rapid
CAC Honors March Holy Days and Holidays | Women’s History Month, Lent, International Women’s Day, and Purim
This month the Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC)’s online contemplative community honors the holidays that invite us to step into a sense of stillness, celebration, and action.
Women’s History Month: Witness the Divine Feminine
How do you welcome the Divine Feminine into your life? This Women’s
Sustaining Justice Through Contemplation in March’s “We Conspire” Series
March 24th, 2025
We Conspire is a series from the Center for Action and Contemplation featuring wisdom and stories from the growing Christian contemplative movement. Sign up for the monthly email series and receive a free invitation to practice each month.
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“Let us liberate, in the highest and most
A Vision for Liberation
March 24th, 2025
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