As I described in an earlier post —The Visions of Mary Southard — “Many of her paintings are providing me new perspectives on my DVD “THE LOVEBURST” — The Cosmic Love Story of Ongoing Creation.”
In a recent interview with Michael Dowd of Evolutionary Christianity, Mary described her sculpture of an altar inspired by Teilhard de Chardin’s Mass on the World. She describes the curved wooden arms as embracing the Earth with compassion, while supporting a transparent altar-top that allows natural light to flood the Earth from the windows above.
Francis of Assisi was one who, more clearly than most of us, saw “God in all things.”
In his Canticle he addresses all creatures as “sisters” and “brothers” since the world of God and the world of nature are one.
From the wealth of eco-spirituality resources offered by Fr. Al Fritsch, S.J. on www.earthhealing.info comes this prayer for the healing of the many wounds we have inflicted on our Earth. collaborated in visualizing and producing this video version of this powerful message.
May we all have a change of heart and mind, that comes to life in our day-in-and-day-out actions.
One of the authors who has long inspired my spiritual journey is James Finley, a former Trappist monk who continues to live and teach the spirituality of Thomas Merton. This video is inspired by an entry in his book Christian Meditation — Experiencing the Presence of God.
The leader of a Christian Zen retreat that Finley attended, led the group in a meditation based on a phrase from Psalm 46 “Be still and know I am God.” Father Thomas Hand asked the group to repeat the phrase after him, as he shortened the phrase each time.
I, who tend to be addicted to doing, doing, doing, created this video to help me better live the call to be, to be present to my present moment, to be truly present to others, and to be present to the Presence of God in my life and in my world.
Every once in a while, you come across a person who shares your vision — and that’s a true joy. Rarer still, is finding someone who can express your vision better than you imagined possible — that’s real revelation. This was my experience in recently revisiting the art of Mary Southard, CSJ (a member of the Congregation of St. Joseph). She describes herself as “a life-adventurer whose fascination is the wonder and creativity of our Sacred Universe!”
A New Story
Dance of Life
Compassion