Tag Archives: Ilia Delio
Love: The Highest Form of Knowing
Knowing and Not Knowing Love: The Highest Form of Knowing Friday, January 31, 2020 My good friend, Franciscan sister and scientist Ilia Delio, has written a wonderful autobiography. In it she recounts how her parents decided to name her Denise. (She would have been named Denis had she been a boy.) Later in life, she was delighted to find a… Continue Reading Love: The Highest Form of Knowing
A New Consciousness
Cosmology: Part Two A New Consciousness Monday, September 2, 2019 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. The Word became flesh and dwelt… Continue Reading A New Consciousness
Participating in God
Cosmology: Part Two Participating in God Sunday, September 1, 2019 From the beginning until now, the entire creation as we know it has been groaning in one great act of giving birth. —Romans 8:22 Just this one line from Paul should be enough to justify evolution. God creates things that create themselves! Wouldn’t this be… Continue Reading Participating in God
A New Cosmology
Cosmology: Part One A New Cosmology Monday, August 26, 2019 When I was growing up, the common perception was that science and religion were at deep odds with one another. Now that we are coming to understand the magnificent nature of the cosmos, we’re finding that many mystics’ spiritual intuitions are paralleled by scientific theories… Continue Reading A New Cosmology
Nonviolence: Weekly Summary
Nonviolence Summary: Sunday, August 18—Friday, August 23, 2019 The root of violence is the illusion of separation—from God, from being one with oneself and everything else, and from Being Itself. (Sunday) Mohandas Gandhi said nonviolence was the active, unconditional love toward others, the persistent pursuit of truth, the radical forgiveness toward those who hurt us,… Continue Reading Nonviolence: Weekly Summary
Dying with Christ
Dying Before You Die Dying with Christ Monday, April 1, 2019 My good friend and Franciscan colleague Sister Ilia Delio writes: God is radically involved with the world, empowering the world toward fullness in love, but God is unable to bring about this fullness without the cooperation of humans. Human and divine cannot co-create unto… Continue Reading Dying with Christ
Consciously Evolving
Christ in Evolution Consciously Evolving Friday, March 15, 2019 Ilia Delio explores what it means to consciously, intentionally participate in evolution: Because we humans are in evolution we must see Christ in evolution as well—Christ’s humanity is our humanity, Christ’s life is our life. . . . To live Christ is to live community; to… Continue Reading Consciously Evolving
Dynamic Love
Christ in Evolution Dynamic Love Thursday, March 14, 2019 Sister Ilia Delio, a Franciscan professor and theologian, offers a vibrant vision for evolution in her book The Unbearable Wholeness of Being: God, Evolution, and the Power of Love: Christianity is a religion of evolution, a consciousness of divine love-empowered reality. In the past Christianity meant… Continue Reading Dynamic Love
An Incarnational Worldview
Christ Since the Beginning An Incarnational Worldview Friday, February 22, 2019 What I am calling an incarnational worldview is the profound recognition of the presence of the divine in literally “every thing” and “every one.” It is the key to mental and spiritual health, as well as to a kind of basic contentment and happiness.… Continue Reading An Incarnational Worldview
The First Bible
Christ Since the Beginning The First Bible Wednesday, February 20, 2019 Sacred writings are bound in two volumes—that of creation and that of Holy Scripture. —Thomas Aquinas (1224–1274) [1] Ever since God created the world, God’s everlasting power and deity—however invisible—have been there for the mind to see in the things God has made. —Romans… Continue Reading The First Bible
