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Tag Archives: john of the cross

Advent longing

Ron Rolheiser writes: Pierre Teilhard de Chardin once suggested that peace and justice will come to us when we reach a high enough psychic temperature so as to burn away the things that still hold us apart. … Advent is about getting in touch with our longing. It’s about letting our yearnings raise our psychic… Continue Reading

Lift High the Cross

I’m very taken by this photograph of the crucifix being removed from the earthquake-damaged Roman Catholic cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Christchurch after the inner dome was taken out. One person described it as a modern Resurrection, or God the Father in an Earthquake Commission uniform. I see echoes of the drawing of the… Continue Reading

La Sua Figura – Giuni Russo

La Sua Figura – Giuni Russo

La Sua Figura – Giuni Russo

Giuni Russo interprets a canticle of Saint John of the Cross.

Calendar confusion

The New Zealand Anglican Church is adding five names to its calendar of saints – but my motion that started this process had a much bigger vision.