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Jose
Andres:
Wisdom & Hope
for a Transformed Humanity 04/06/2024 |
Jose Andres is founder of World Central Kitchen and a well-known chef. He knew and worked alongside the seven people who were trying to relieve starvation in Gaza and were blown up by the Israeli army on Monday. |
In a moving and powerful article in the New York Times, Jose says this about his co-workers: “they risked everything for the most fundamental human activity: to share our food with others."* Jose worked among these people in very |
"José Andrés accuses Israel of deliberately targeting World Central Kitchen members.” PBS
NewsHour |
difficult circumstances as they tried to provide food for people suffering from war and earthquakes, hurricanes and other disasters in Ukraine, Turkey, Morocco, the Bahamas, Indonesia, Mexico, as well as Gaza and Israel. The hungry are not judged for their ideology or their religion or their
being rich or poor or left or right. The work of the murdered food workers “was based on the simple belief that food is a universal human right.” |
“Young Israelis refuse to participate in Gaza ‘genocide’” TRT World | Andres tells us that from the beginning of the war in Israel, they fed both Israelis and Palestinians more than 1.75 million hot meals and 43 million meals all
told in Gaza. “Food is not a weapon of war,” he declares, and |
“Israel is better than the way this war is being waged,” including the killing of aid workers. He offers this advice, “after the worst terrorist attack in its history, it’s time for the best of Israel to show up.” Half the population of Gaza’s 1.1 million people are currently facing an “imminent risk” of famine. Food and hospitality are integral to the spiritual traditions of both Israelis and Muslims. The egg plays
prominently in their food and symbolism in this season of the year. The eggs at springtime represent new life, new hope, resurrection. The human species yearns to be transformed by all the signs of hope at its disposal. |
Spirituality and eating together go together, these are ancient archetypes that inspire Jewish, Christian and Muslim beliefs and for good reason. The eggs at springtime represent new life, new hope, resurrection. The human species yearns to be transformed |
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all the signs of hope at its disposal. One sign is simply the courage and generosity of people like Jose Andres and his co-workers. War represents the worst and feeding the hungry the best of human nature. “Feed the hungry and you feed me….Greater love than this no person has, than to lay down their life for their
friends.” |
*Jose Andres, "Let People Eat," The New York Times, April 3, 2024 See: Matthew Fox, Creation Spirituality: Liberating Gifts for the Peoples of the Earth. And Fox, A Spirituality Named Compassion.
Banner image: “Trucks
with humanitarian aid waiting to cross from Egypt into the Gaza Strip.” This is a screenshot from the video footage by Tasnim News Agency. Wikipedia |
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Queries for Contemplation Do you agree that food is a universal human right and that food is not meant to be a weapon of war? And that in the midst
of raging climate change, raging wars and ideological battles, and facing our common extinction, it is time for the best of humanity to show up? |
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Creation Spirituality: Liberating Gifts for the Peoples of the Earth
Fox’s spirituality weds the healing and liberation found in North American Creation Spirituality and in South American Liberation Theology. Creation
Spirituality challenges readers of every religious and political persuasion to unite in a new vision through which we learn to honor the earth and the people who inhabit it as the gift of a good and just Creator.
“A watershed theological work that offers a common ground for religious seekers and activists of all stripes.” — Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice |
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A Spirituality Named Compassion: Uniting Mystical Awareness with Social Justice
In A Spirituality Named Compassion, Matthew Fox delivers a profound exploration of the
meaning and practice of compassion. Establishing a spirituality for the future that promises personal, social, and global healing, Fox marries mysticism with social justice, leading the way toward a gentler and more ecological spirituality and an acceptance of our interdependence which is the substratum of all compassionate activity.
“Well worth our deepest
consideration…Puts compassion into its proper focus after centuries of neglect.” –The Catholic Register |
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In the Beginning There Was Joy: A Cosmic Celebration for Kids of All Ages
The first book in the Father Fox’s Fantastical Fables series tells the story of the big bang and how humans fit into the awesome, fantastical,
cosmic picture! With artwork curated from illustrators around the world, this book expresses the joy and wonder of all peoples and cultures, planting seeds of respect, cooperation and hope to work together for the healing of our planet. "This delicious book for children of all ages celebrates joy as the essential truth of
reality." - Andrew Harvey, Author of The Hope and Radical Regeneration "I absolutely LOVED reading this beautiful, creative, stirring story—a charming, whimsical, powerful, parable." -
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Join Matthew Fox as he speaks on “The Deep Feminine and the Deep Masculine and their importance in elevating consciousness and healing our world” at the The Heart of Nature 7-Day Summit with Jane Fonda, Marianne Williamson, Paul Hawken, Nina Simons and over 30 leading experts, Tuesday-Monday, April 16-22. Register HERE. |
Join Matthew Fox as he discusses his book Sheer Joy: Conversations with Thomas Aquinas on Creation Spirituality in an Our Lady of the Prairie Retreat, Thursday, April 18, 4:00-5:30 pm PT.
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HERE. Join Matthew Fox in a free online event hosted by the Shift Network: “Explore Compassion in Spirituality With Meister Eckhart’s Wisdom: Mystical Teachings for Renewal, Love & Forgiveness in Times of Turmoil.” Thursday, April 18, 5:30pm PT Register HERE. Join Matthew Fox as he leads worship services and a workshop to mark Earth Day 2024, hosted by Unity of Walnut Creek, CA, Sunday, April 21: 9:30am & 11:30am – Worship Service –
Earth Day, 2024: Preserving Things in the Good 1:30-3:00pm – Workshop – How the Earth Crisis of Our Time Can Move Humanity to Its Next Stage of Evolution Register HERE. Join Matthew Fox, Mariko Middleton, and Skylar Wilson of the Order of the Sacred Earth in a
free virtual meeting for connection and networking with other mystic warriors, Tuesday, April 30, 4:00-5:00pm PT.
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Join Matthew Fox as he discusses his book with scientist Rupert Sheldrake, Natural Grace: Dialogues on Creation, Darkness and the Soul in Spirituality and Science in an Our Lady of the Prairie Retreat, Thursday, May 16, 4:00-5:30 pm PT.
Register HERE.
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Creation Spirituality Conversations |
Ilia Delio and theologian Matthew Fox pick up on their conversation about the viability of contemporary religious institutions in an evolutionary world. They discuss death and resurrection—the enduring challenge of modern approaches to the subject and what we can learn from mystics, past generations and ancient peoples alike. To listen, click HERE. |
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