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Whitewashed and Withholding: Origen on the Mercy We Refuse to Give (Lectio Divina)
What if the reconciliation you keep postponing is the very thing standing between you and the God you’re trying to reach? Origen names a righteousness that’s dead on arrival — polished outside, hollow within — and this reflection sits with the mercy we’d rather hoard than pass on, and the depths waiting for those…
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Wheat and Tares of the Heart: Origen on the Evil We See in Others (Lectio Divina)
What if the very evil you can’t stand in someone else is a reflection you’re refusing to look at in yourself? Origen’s reading of the wheat and tares reframes an old parable as an uncomfortably personal one — planted not just in the world, but in your own heart, growing quietly alongside whatever good…
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The Soul’s Sole Longing: On Surrender, Resistance, and Returning to Love (Lectio Divina)
What happens when a soul that has turned toward God tries to turn away? Teresa of Ávila’s words open this reflection: the struggle is fierce, and in the end, struggle is of little avail against the Lord’s desire. Drawing on the Rahnerian insight that grace and freedom are equally gifts of God, and on…