I am sure that you have heard the word "mystic" once or twice in your life. Perhaps you've even thought that it's only a word for people like the Dalai Lama; Thich Nhat Hanh, a Buddhist monk; or Joel ...

Conventional ascetic, mystical theology is based on an affective, purgative, illumined, unitive rising of the soul to God, following paths set forth by Ss. Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross, Francis ...

To think that that mystics are engaged in a series of private, transcendent encounters with God betrays a superficial understanding, says Bernard McGinn. Christian mystics, in particular, are not ...

The prayer of the Christian is a communal affair. It involves the entire People of God, both in heaven and on earth. And so, no Christian ever prays alone. From the perspective of eternity, the ...