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The Bridge Across the Flood: Catherine of Siena and the Refuge of Sabbath (Lectio Divina)
What do you do when the water is rising and swimming harder isn’t the answer? Catherine of Siena names something stranger than effort — a Bridge already stretched from Heaven to earth, whether or not we ever notice it’s there.
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For Love Does Nothing Unseemly: Chrysostom and the Purity of Christ’s Love (Lectio Divina)
What if the love that let itself be spit on, mocked, and nailed to a cross never once felt ashamed? St. John Chrysostom insists that Christ’s suffering held no disgrace in it at all — only glory. This reflection sits with a love so free of self that shame simply had nowhere left to…
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Before We Cry Out: Julian of Norwich and the Prayer God Prays in Us (Lectio Divina)
What if the prayer you’ve been struggling to find words for was already being prayed before you knew how to ask? Julian of Norwich names a goodness that does not wait for the right words, the right posture, or even the right understanding of what is happening — it comes down to meet us…
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The Love That Cannot Be Hoarded: Augustine of Hippo on Loving Neighbor and God (Lectio Divina)
What if the love you offer your neighbor was never something you generated on your own? Augustine insists that the very love binding you to another person is the same love that is God — and holding onto it as though it were yours to keep might cost you the ability to love at…