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“The extreme greatness of Christianity lies in the fact that it does not seek a supernatural cure for suffering, but a supernatural use for it.'“
—Simone Weil
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Very nice essay. Thank you focusing on the importance of hope. Indeed hope is the antidote to despair -- and as Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI explains hope tempers and orders progress. He addresses some of the themes of your essay in Spe Salvi 24-26
"24. Let us ask once again: what may we hope? And what may we not hope? First of all, we m…
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With Holy Week approaching, I was thinking of sharing a short daily meditation from St. Thomas Aquinas. Nothing from me—just his wisdom—but I’d do my best to walk you through it and help you understand it. Would that interest you?
This entire conversation is plagued by the refusal of one side to acknowledge the vast differences between illegal border crossers and LEGAL immigration. Liberal love to conflate the two so they can claim how wonderful immigration. I don't know anyone who opposes legal immigration. The 2 interlocutors are speaking about completely different demographics. What a waste of time.