Author: Resa Pearson

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He Wanted to Drift

He wanted to drift on the river not so much to see where it went
as to be one with it, to go with it as virtually a part of it.
He wished perhaps to live out a kind of parable.
One cannot drift by intention –
or at least, in intending to drift and in drifting,
one must accept a severe limitation upon one’s intentions.
But in giving oneself to the currents,
in thus subordinating one’s intentions,
one becomes eligible for unintended goods,
unwished-for gifts –
and often these goods and gifts surpass
those that one has intended or wished for.
And so a drifter subscribes necessarily to a kind of faith
that is identical both to the absolute trust of migrating birds
and to the scripture that bids us to lose our lives in order to find them.
Harlan stated it in 1932 with characteristic simplicity:
“I believe that whatever we need is at hand.” 

– Wendell Berry, from Harlan Hubbard – Life and Work

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Friday Videos: May 6th, 2022

What was Vatican II? – Breaking in the Habit Fr Casey 5:37

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Friday Videos: April 29th, 2022

Bishop Barron on Judgement and God 7:16

Peter Kreeft on Justice and Mercy
49:54-52:30   God could have snapped his fingers (2.30)
1:11:55-1:14:40 how to work for justice and mercy, “they must get their just deserts” (2:35)
59:05-1:03:15 why did Jesus have to die? “good news is that God loves you that crazy much” (5.15)
1:14:40-1:20:50 “God doesn’t put anyone in hell, we put ourselves there, we jump in” (6)
1:25:19- 1:27:15    Does God’s grace take away (free) will? (2)