Cormac Stagg

Mystic in the Ignatian Tradition, Writer, Poet and Public Speaker

Gratitude is the Hinge on which the Mystic Life Swings

The Age of Miracles is in our Midst The headline above is a revision of a little mantra — Gratitude is the hinge on which a sober life swings — often shared by an old sober booze-hound friend of mine many years ago. Bernie was a remarkable little man. A survivor of trench warfare in […]

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God Exists in the Least of Things

Finding the Presence of God The most holy and necessary practice in our spiritual life is the presence of God. — Brother Lawrence We might refer to this age-old mystic mantra in our time as God-consciousness, awakened life, spiritual awareness, mindfulness, or the like. As I write these few lines, I can hear birds just

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