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“What is Emerging” Reflections

What is Emerging?: An ongoing contemplative process. Read reflections here.

What is Emerging?

By Mary Ellen McElroy SL / June 1, 2023 /
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The Loretto Community at the Motherhouse has the privilege almost every Sunday to celebrate together with song and prayer using a ritual that is profound in its simplicity and beautiful…

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What is Emerging?

By Mary Ellen McElroy SL / May 1, 2023 /
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Every Sunday I receive “Bulletins from Immortality” in my email from Jan Phillips, who is an author, spiritual activist, storyteller and more.* On March 12, she shared a challenging awareness…

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What is Emerging?

By Mary Ellen McElroy SL / April 1, 2023 /
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Many of us are familiar with the sermons and writings of Meister Eckhart who lived between 1260 and 1328. He has become popular in the past several years because of…

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What is Emerging?

By Mary Ellen McElroy SL / March 1, 2023 /
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During the past several years, according to a variety of surveys, there has been a notable decrease of Christians attending religious services and a lesser decrease in other religious traditions,…

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What is Emerging?

By Mary Ellen McElroy SL / February 1, 2023 /
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The contemplative life, the contemplative self and other titles related to contemplation have been around a very long time. What seems to be emerging in our day is a new…

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What Is Emerging?

By Mary Ellen McElroy SL / December 1, 2022 /
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In his book, “The Most Beautiful World Our Hearts Know is Possible,” Charles Eisenstein describes an important truth that ancient cultures taught, and mystics through the ages have kept alive,…

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What is Emerging?

By Mary Ellen McElroy SL / November 1, 2022 /
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A continuation of the discussion inspired by Ilia Delio taken from LCWR’s “Occasional Papers,” Summer 2012. Last month we were reminded by Ilia that we are living in an expanding…

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What is Emerging?

By Mary Ellen McElroy SL / October 1, 2022 /

Recently I came across a copy of the “Occasional Papers,” a publication of LCWR (Leadership Conference of Women Religious), summer 2012. The theme of this issue, mystery unfolding, raised my…

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What is Emerging?

By Mary Ellen McElroy SL / September 1, 2022 /
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Many people in the world today are recognizing that the dominant world-view of disconnection — that we are separate from each other and the natural world — is no longer…

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What is Emerging?

By Mary Ellen McElroy SL / July 1, 2022 /
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Some of the oldest recorded spiritual teachings known to humanity are the ancient Chinese book of wisdom, the “Tao Te Ching,” and from ancient India, the “Vedas” and “Upanishads,” as…

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What is Emerging?

By Mary Ellen McElroy SL / May 1, 2022 /
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The winter 2021 issue of LCWR’s “Occasional Papers,” entitled “God’s Infinite Vision,” is dedicated to our call to see the world as God sees it. Gabriele Uhlein’s article* “Collectively Seeking…

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What is Emerging?

By Mary Ellen McElroy SL / April 1, 2022 /
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April is a lovely month with spring freshness popping up all around us offering countless opportunities to experience the awe and wonder of new life bursting forth. Of course, April…

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