“But I say to you, whoever is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment” Matthew 5:22 In the reading for Friday the First Week of Lent, Jesus sounds like an Old Testament God. Yet, these stories with threats of a fiery hell are medicine for me. The brutal…
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Jung at Church
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Dreams Stars Religion
I continue to attend Mass at a nearby Catholic community. I’m surprised to see how the ritual itself works on me from week to week. Most weeks I’m also grateful to recognize depth psychological themes in the readings. The preaching of priests and laity is lovely but almost every week…
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Daily miracles of inner life
Learning from Joseph Campbell, Carl Jung, and others, I remind myself that holy texts describe what is always happening in our lives. I’m thinking about this reading heard at Church today. Mary and Joseph are told that Jesus is the guy. The guy to save the world. (Does every parent…
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Jung at Church: Rediscovering Spirituality Through Depth Psychology
I left the Catholic Church 40 years ago. I have been studying Depth psychology and Jung’s work ever since. Now I find myself back in a lovely Catholic community. It’s been hard. I feel very alone in my view of “reality.” I feel overwhelmed and confused about how I can…