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November 2020
November 28, 2020
Recently I received this message from a new reader of this blog... Hi Carl, I...
November 24, 2020
Contemplative spirituality has its own jargon, and this "language of prayer" evolves over time....
November 20, 2020
Here is the third episode of my "Schola Mystica" podcast. The transcript of the episode...
November 17, 2020
A question that sometimes comes up when people are first learning a practice like Centering...
November 13, 2020
"Is mysticism in the Bible?" It's a question I get asked from time to...
October 2020
October 31, 2020
Okay, friends, I know we haven't even made it to All Saint's yet, but Christmas is less...
October 26, 2020
This weekend I conducted a retreat on Franciscan spirituality for the Rock Hill Oratory Center...
October 19, 2020
What do mystics do? The following list can be a way to begin answering this...
September 2020
September 09, 2020
St. Augustine said that the human heart is restless until it rests in God. I...
August 2020
August 28, 2020
What does it mean to live a contemplative life? Especially for those of us who...
August 17, 2020
Forgiveness is a central tenet of Christian faith and practice. But what exactly is it?...
August 07, 2020
An email came to me today, with this question: Dear Carl, I read your Big Book...
July 2020
July 28, 2020
Shortly after concluding my Praying with the Spanish Mystics Retreat, one of the persons who...
July 25, 2020
This week I facilitated my second Zoom retreat hosted by the monks of Holy Cross...
July 23, 2020
If you are interested in Celtic mythology — and curious about how to integrate the...
July 09, 2020
In these extraordinary times that we find ourselves in, I have been profoundly moved at...
June 2020
June 25, 2020
Ireland is a land shaped by myth, story, and poetry — and her sister countries...
June 18, 2020
A reader named Beth writes: Hi Carl, I started reading "The Big Book of Christian...
June 15, 2020
Today (June 15) is a day for remembering the passing of Evelyn Underhill, who died...
May 2020
May 26, 2020
Today I want to share with you something I co-wrote with my wife, Fran. For...
May 05, 2020
A reader named Brian writes: Being a Lay Cistercian seems to be an important part...
April 2020
April 20, 2020
In March 2020, shortly after the COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders started to show up at local...
April 14, 2020
It's been over a month now since the World Health Organization has acknowledged that COVID-19...
April 08, 2020
In my book Unteachable Lessons I talk about Kenneth Leech, the Anglican priest who wrote a...
March 2020
March 05, 2020
It's March, and that means St. Patrick's Day is just a few days away! This...
February 2020
February 21, 2020
A reader writes: Carl, do you think the Catholic Church has more scope to welcome...
February 17, 2020
One of this blog's readers wrote to me this past Saturday (February 15, 2020) to...
February 03, 2020
Over the years I have discovered that there are three types of people interested in...
January 2020
January 16, 2020
Dear friends, I'm excited that a new video in which I lead the practice of...
January 14, 2020
A couple of days ago in a dream I was instructed to write about "Blessed...
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