Belonging to Christianity

I have often shared various texts and excerpts ‘belonging to Christianity’. I have gathered them here for the ones among you who may be interested in this topic. It is always a thrill to uncover the most profound accents of truth concealed behind the religious jargon. They are presented to you in a list for an easy browsing…

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– God Unveiled (an explanation of the nature and reality of God’s being…)

– Four Variations on Love (on some Meister Eckhart’s statements about love…)

– Of Dimitry’s Prayer (reflecting on a prayer by Dimitry of Rostov…)

– Fear and Trembling (an inquiry into the notion of the fear of god…)

– Cleansing the Temple (a short essay on Jesus chasing the merchants…)

– Christ (noun) (the meanings hidden behind the word ‘Christ’…)

– ‘Agnus Dei’ (the meaning behind a choir song by Samuel Barber…)

– A Course in Abandonment (a Christian treatise on abandonment…)

– The Beatitudes (my reading on Jesus’ famous blessings…)

– The Sober Life (a quote by Theophan the Recluse…)

– Treasures of Grace (a quote by Macarius of Egypt…)

– The Golden Speaker (a homage to John of Damascus…)

– The Gospel According to St. Matthew (a text on a film by Pasolini…)

– The Mystical Doctor (a homage to John of the Cross…)

– The Way of Love (a poem by Paul the Apostle and Sosthenes…)

– The Dark Night (a poem by John of the Cross…)

– Sayings of the Church Fathers (a selection of writings by the first Christians…)

– The Practice of the Presence of God (a homage to Brother Lawrence…)

– The Flowers of St. Francis (a text about a film and a homage to Francis of Assisi…)

– I have Called You by My Name (some quotes from the Bible…)

– Search me, O God (a Psalm from the Bible…)

– This is Meister Eckhart (a homage to Meister Eckhart…)

– The Poor Man (a sermon by Meister Eckhart…)

– A Prayerful Mind (a prayer by Meister Eckhart…)

– Where God Speaks (poetry by Angelus Silesius…)

– The Churches of Rome (an essay by Alain Joly…)

– Fragrance (a prayer by John Henry Newman…)

– The Quiet Mind (a quote by Meister Eckhart…)

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Photo by Alain Joly

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