My Favorite Meditations

Only Love Is Absolute (CAC 11/6/2022) This meditation has a number of lines that I found remarkable and worth remembering. Here are a few of them. "In no other period of history have humans had such easy and immediate access to people of other cultures and other religions, often as friends. Once a person has developed any “discernment of the Spirit” it becomes clear that God’s holiness exists all over the place." "It is strange that it took us almost all of our two-thousand-year history to get back to the “ecumenical” attitude Jesus had at the very beginning!" "...I am convinced that the biblical tradition is saying that the only absolute available to us is the faithful love of God..." "What the world wants, and people need, are people who believe in Something—Something that will lead them to the good, the beautiful, the true, and the universal."

Nonviolence: Weekly Summary (CAC 10/29/2022) I was raised in one of the few faith traditions that fully embraces nonviolence and hence have long been particularly interested in it. This week's meditations on it were excellent, and I particularly liked "The Decalogue for a Spirituality of Nonviolence" presented in the weekly summary.

  Whom Does the Grail Serve? (CAC 9/9/2022) "We are beloved children in a benevolent universe." I love this line. There is such security and comfort in it. What I want and need is for this truth to sink deeply into my soul.

The Sower's Generosity (CAC 9/1/2022) What a blessed reframing of this well-known parable, which I don't believe I've ever heard before! God's unhindered generosity frees us to aspire to be the best soil that we can be, without any judgement on the less-than-fertile aspects of our lives. May we enjoy the vision of the Sower flinging seeds everywhere with abandonment!

Heaven is a Great Party (CAC 8/31/2022) When someone says the word "heaven," what is the first thing that comes into my mind? Usually it is that I want to go there but I'm not sure who will be allowed in. I love the way Richard Rohr reframes the image as a celebration truly open to all.

Hello, and welcome to my blog! For some time now I have been wanting a place to save the favorite meditations that I come across, which recently are usually from Richard Rohr at the Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC) . I've been looking for a more visual place than just some app on my phone, and a personal blog seems to fill the bill. So that is what this will be, a place to store the meditations and quotes that are most meaningful to me primarily so that I can periodically come back and refresh my memory. If some of them turn out to be meaningful to you as well, then so much the better. Peace and every good, Matt Overholt