Imagine this: you have spent the day trudging along, each step driving a small, sharp stone deeper into your foot. Again and again, you turn to your tweezers, determined to remove the stone,...

Every growing season eventually reaches the moment when tending gives way to gathering. Mabon, celebrated at the Fall Equinox, brings us to that threshold. Summer gives way to autumn, the light begins its...

Five Lasting Benefits of Calling on Tara, the Female Buddha By James William Coleman You can reap amazing benefits when you call on...

He was a visitor to our seminary, and our conversation had turned to the specific mission of the Oblates of the Virgin Mary.  I mentioned that Venerable Bruno Lanteri had founded the Oblates...

Do you know God the Father? He knows you and has treasured you from before the foundation of the world. He has contemplated you as a gift to give to His Son from...

Based on “Spirituality & Essential Oils” from Aromatherapy for Feeling Good All our physical senses—smell, vision, touch, hearing, and taste—are gateways to...

What is the difference between a prayerful soul and a contemplative one?From the outside, this distinction is impossible to discern. In neither case is it merely a matter of age, vocation, or...

A New Language: Flowing in Being By Avikal. Constantino In his new book, A New Language: Flowing in Being, spiritual teacher Avikal E....