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The Wise Storytellers 

The Quest and Its Questions

We cannot go on a quest until we know what the question is. Continue Reading The Quest and Its Questions

The Fisher King

The journey to happiness involves finding the courage to go into ourselves and take responsibility for what’s there. Continue Reading The Fisher King

A Heroic Journey

What true religion has always done is open the door to the symbolic universe, to the world of the soul. Continue Reading A Heroic Journey

Embodied Faith

The language of spiritual transformation is already written deeply within our bodies. Continue Reading Embodied Faith

Love Crosses Boundaries

Fierce love causes us to cross boundaries and borders to discover one another. Continue Reading Love Crosses Boundaries

A Great Story

Carl Jung A Great Story Tuesday, November 23, 2021 Father Richard continues to explore how archetypes connect us to the story of God and the universe. The small self is intrinsically unhappy because it fundamentally lacks reality. To use a philosophical word, its nonbeing means it does not exist “ontologically.” It will thus always be… Continue Reading A Great Story

A Loving Partnership

Francis and the Animals A Loving Partnership Friday, October 8, 2021 If you wish to know the Creator, come to know his creatures. —St. Columban, Sermon 1 Scholar Edward Sellner has traced the influence of early Celtic spirituality to places throughout the world, including Francis of Assisi’s area of Italy.   This sense of kinship… Continue Reading A Loving Partnership

The Emotional Intelligence of Animals

Francis and the Animals The Emotional Intelligence of Animals Tuesday, October 5, 2021 I wonder what I ought to tell you about the friendship there was between me and a falcon? —Carlo Carretto, I, Francis Carlo Carretto (1910–1988) was a member of the Little Brothers of Jesus, a community of contemplatives inspired by the spirituality… Continue Reading The Emotional Intelligence of Animals

Living Inside God’s Great Story: Weekly Summary

Living Inside God’s Great Story Saturday, September 4, 2021 Week Thirty-Five Summary and Practice Sunday, August 29—Friday, September 3, 2021 Sunday I would gather my siblings and neighborhood friends and have them sit on a bench in the backyard. I would hold my penny catechism upside down since I couldn’t read yet, and I would… Continue Reading Living Inside God’s Great Story: Weekly Summary

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