God is always new
Ilia DelioSeveral years ago I was a Senior Fellow at Woodstock Theological Center working on questions in science and religion. One day the program manager appeared at my door and asked if I wanted...
View ArticleJohn 9 and the Extraordinary Synod
Mary Aquin O’NeillRead in the light of the recent Extraordinary Synod on the Family, the story of the man born blind in the ninth chapter of John’s Gospel is a marvel. Read in light of the Gospel...
View Article2015: The Year of Love
Ilia DelioWe are coming to the end of the year when holiday celebrations overshadow the ongoing realities of war, poverty and violence. As we look toward a New Year, I would like to declare 2015 the...
View ArticleBrother Mango and eternal life
Ilia DelioTo be a creature of God is to be brought into relationship in such a way that the divine mystery is expressed in each concrete existence. Soul is the mirror of creaturely relatedness that...
View ArticleWhy the earth won’t green without us
Ilia DelioThere is much talk these days about the upcoming encyclical of Pope Francis on the environment. Scholarly conferences, workshops, articles, talk shows and interviews are focused on what the...
View ArticleA transformative effect of murmuring
Caroline MbonuIn the Scripture, widows more often than not were cast as helpless. But rereading this passage of Acts from the perspective of the Good News for the poor allows one to see the action of...
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Radical forgiveness: Lessons from nature
Ilia DelioWe expect nature to be fixed and predictable; yet, we are constantly challenged by nature’s subtle playfulness. Buddhists speak of nature’s impermanence. Things change from moment to moment,...
View ArticleThe gift of papal silence
Anne E. PatrickSince his election in 2013, Pope Francis has been very generous with his words. There have been addresses, homilies, conversations, phone calls, interviews and writings, including an...
View ArticleA new level of thinking about creation
Ilia DelioIn the coming weeks, Pope Francis will release his new encyclical on the environment. Bloggers and pundits alike have been speculating on what exactly the pope will say, while social justice...
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Lex credendi, lex vivendi: A response to Laudato Si’
Ilia DelioBecause the law of belief (lex credendi) is the law of life (lex vivendi), there is a deep connection between ancient religious prayers, beliefs and rituals at the heart of our ecological...
View ArticleLessons from the woman at the well
Mary Aquin O’NeillThe lesson here concerns the power of true dialog, which has the potential for transforming each of the partners as they come to deeper and deeper understandings of the other. Women...
View ArticleBeatrice Bruteau, Pope Francis and global community
Ilia DelioBeatrice Bruteau was a brilliant woman, but only a few people know of her work. She was a contemplative scholar with a unique combination of intellectual gifts — philosophy, mathematics,...
View ArticleLaudato Si' and Vatican III
Ilia DelioLaudato Si' is overly ambitious in trying to address the major problems of our world, including economic, technological and environmental problems. By offering glimpses of a new theology...
View ArticleMercy and the humility of God
Ilia DelioChristmas is a wonderful time of the year to slow down and reflect on the great mystery of God among us. This year I was reflecting how God shows up unexpectedly in people we might otherwise...
View ArticleScience, the existence of suffering, and God
Patty FawknerTerrorism in Paris, flooding in Bangladesh, Ebola in Africa, family violence everywhere. The suffering in our world is of such magnitude that each of us must find a way of dealing with it...
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Living in a wavy universe
Ilia DelioFrom the dawn of our species, what we know about the universe has come from the power of observation, that is, what we can observe in a light-filled universe. In the 13th-century Oxford...
View ArticleCosmic coincidence: The Annunciation and Good Friday
Mary Aquin O’NeillThe feast of the Annunciation coincides with Good Friday this year, inviting us to think about the two feasts together. The liturgy has a marvelous way of collapsing time, making...
View ArticlePolitics, Teilhard, and the world's future
Ilia DelioSpeaking of God - The results of the recent U.S. presidential primaries are not only startling, but a wake-up call to the reality that our political system no longer works.
View ArticleGod in the midst of pain
Ilia DelioFor centuries, the Church taught that God is impassible, that God could suffer in his humanity but not his divinity. This belief became difficult in the 20th century when war after war — and...
View ArticleThe size of God
Catherine NerneyIn the wake of the brutal killings at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando and multiple horrific acts of violence and hatred against police and against men of color by police in several...
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