@TaylorRMarshall In Aquinas’s Commentary on Corinthians, he explains that this is why the gift of tongues was given to the early Church. Since they didn’t have the New Testament yet, they were instructed in this way.
@briankeepsworth Hope is the virtue that our culture misses most. Hope requires us to fix our eyes on our end. To live today with heaven in view. Today, we only look at the immediate. We look only to what Amazon is shipping to us in 1-2 days.
@SohrabAhmari This work needed to be this long. It’s a big topic that needs addressed. Plus, the Pope needed a long runway because most of his audience doesn’t know CST. And the whole document is applying principles from CST.
@GoldenAspen1492 The first half of it is a summary and highlighting of what the most relevant principles of Catholic social teaching are. So, if you feel like you know your way around CST, you can cut the reading in half.
Matt Reeves ending each post with “my friend?” brings up three thoughts. 1. Joker’s conversation with Riddler. 2. Bruce and Harvey. 3. Bruce and Thomas Elliot #TheBatman#EpicCrimeSaga
@jdflynn I think there’s something similar going on in a counter play in football, or a head fake in basketball. Maybe something similar to an actor too. You aren’t intending to deceive, so much as participate in the activity at a high level.
I haven’t thought about your case though!
@kenshirotism I’m surprised to see so much pushback on this. I thought it was very clear with the light and music imagery he is portrayed with throughout the book.
@BestMovieMom Small hill to die on, but a large part of the Odyssey is tracking Odysseus as an unreliable narrator. The dramatized renderings are kind of fitting really.