Latest from my Blog
THE SIMPLEST EXPLANATION OF INFUSED CONTEMPLATION
When I was in the novitiate (1948, age 18), I began to do silent meditation without any words, any thoughts, any feelings. We were studying the mystics, especially John of the Cross, and I wondered if my meditation was what they were writing about: especially John of the Cross who kept saying “Nada, nada, nada”…
Easter means love is stronger than death, just as Spring means life is stronger than winter’s death.
Just a few thoughts about the Easter Season. I tried to observe Lent as spiritually as I could, and when Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of Holy Week arrived, I felt it was one of the most glorious contemplative experiences of my 97 years. I saw the Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus in a marvelous new way,…
More and More Meaning of Resurrection
This amazing exploration of the meaning of Resurrection is from Hans Kung, (March 19, 1928- Apr. 6, 2021): “… Resurrection means a life that bursts through the dimensions of space and time in God’s invisible, imperishable, incomprehensible domain. This is what is meant by ‘heaven’- not the heaven of the astronauts but God’s heaven. It…
Subscribe to new posts:
Sal Umana 