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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 / 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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What is Emerging?

By Mary Ellen McElroy SL / March 1, 2022 /
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In her book entitled “The Unbearable Wholeness of Being: God, Evolution and the Power of Love,” Ilia Delio takes us on a love journey that challenges us to re-examine how…

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What is Emerging?

By Mary Ellen McElroy SL / February 1, 2022 /
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One of the highlights at Assembly 2021 was the keynote address presented by Teresa Maya, who prefers to be called Teri. Using the theme of the Assembly, “Seeing with the…

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What is Emerging?

By Mary Ellen McElroy SL / December 1, 2021 /
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During the past few months, the Loretto Community has been given the opportunity to become more involved in the needed changes in the government section of I Am the Way,…

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What is Emerging?

By Mary Ellen McElroy SL / November 1, 2021 /
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Often we become aware of new ideas, challenges or inspirations that suddenly emerge in our lives and demand our attention. One of these inspirations came to us in the September…

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What is Emerging?

By Mary Ellen McElroy SL / October 1, 2021 /
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During the past several years the Loretto Community has experienced profound changes. So much of what shaped our life is gone and the experience of endings, loss and confusion often…

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