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The Calm We Cannot Make: St. John Chrysostom on Tears, Confession, and Peace (Lectio Divina)
What if the peace you keep trying to manufacture was never yours to make? St. John Chrysostom describes the calm that follows tears the way a violent storm gives way to stillness, and this reflection sits with the ache of falling short of the peace Christ asks us to carry — and the distance…
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Hollowed Out by Love: Suffering as Purification (Lectio Divina)
Drawing on the haunting image of Abba Arsenius — whose tears wore a hollow in his chest over a lifetime of weeping — this Lectio Divina reflection traces the movement from suffering to purification, from emptiness to union. Our longing for God will cause us pain as we grieve for all that is not-God.…