-
“Get Behind Me Satan!”
When you read the lives of the saints, especially in some older books, you can get the impression that they lived in a different world. Many of them describe physical
-
Honoring Jacques Dupuis
Mirceade Eliade, the anthropologist, once said: “No community should botch its deaths! Sadly, we often do and great men and women pass from our midst without us recognizing what they’ve
-
Against An Infinite Horizon
Does belief in life after death have an impact on how we live our lives right now? Should it? Several years ago I watched a panel of theologians discuss this
-
The Inclusive Embrace of Catholicism
Canadian theologian, Michael Higgins, recently made this observation. At the upcoming Academy Awards, two movies will take centre stage, Mel Gibson’s, THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST, and Michael Moore’s, FAHRENHEIT
https://ronrolheiser.com/the-inclusive-embrace-of-catholicism/
-
The Earthiness of Christmas
Christmas means many things, but, at its heart, lies the concept of the incarnation, namely, the idea that God takes on human flesh, a human body, becomes physical. At Christmas,
-
Faith Means that God is With Us
If Christ was born into the world to redeem it, why doesn’t our world look more redeemed? Why is our world still full of loneliness, anxiety, betrayals, sickness, poverty, violence,
-
Jesus’ Dysfunctional Family Tree
The full story of how Jesus Christ came to be born includes elements that we do not easily imagine when we sing our Christmas hymns. Jesus’ family tree and blood-line
-
Naming our Restlessness
“A symptom suffers most when it doesn’t knows where it belongs.” James Hillman wrote that and I learned what it means when I was 17 years old. At that tender
-
Advent Hope
Henri Nouwen was once asked: “Are you an optimist?” His reply: “No, not naturally, but that isn’t important. I live in hope, not optimism.” Teilhard de Chardin once said the
-
Finding our Loved Ones After Their Deaths
As Christians, we believe in the “communion of saints”. We believe that those who have died are not only still alive but that they are, as well, still in a
https://ronrolheiser.com/finding-our-loved-ones-after-their-deaths/