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Looking for advice re: prayer.
A tragedy has befallen a loved one on the other side of the country. I am blessed to have a job that let me leave work to spend 4 or so hours in prayer. Which was great, but I found myself hitting a wall.
The first two hours I prayed the four rosaries, a litany, and anything relevant i found in the St Gregory prayer book. The third hour I went to Mass again to offer on his behalf. The fourth hour I prayed another rosary, read a few psalms, and did mental prayer. Bu…
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Victor Frankl maintains that man’s greatest desires are not simply for a easy life with no struggle or tension, but for “worthy goals” and for a life of meaning and purpose where we forget ourselves in the service of others. Pleasure cannot make us happy. Joy cannot be grasped. It can only be received
Really insightful analysis.
I think a good recent example of this phenomenon is the treatment of Sam Harris. A few years ago Sam had Charles Murray on his podcast and was quickly pilloried in Vox, and then later in a debate with Ezra Klein. But Sam being who he is did not cave, apologise or retract his interview.
Notwithstanding that obvious demonstration of integrity, Sam is now one of the most hated individuals on the US Right simply because he did not bend the knee to MAGA, and he did not go a…
Sam Harris proclaimed that it was morally good to hoist a lie upon the American people (to blame Russia for 'misinformation' regarding the Hunter Biden laptop) and pervert the electoral process in order to keep Trump from ruining "our democracy." That and the fact he peddled the illiberal intervention of coercing the American people into getting vaxxed demostrated to all that worse than any hypocrite, Sam doesn't give a damn about liberty, truth or human dignity.
The weirdest thing is how Clare Lehman chooses to describe this bizarre unhinged behaviour as Harris refusing to 'bend the knee to MAGA' as if anyone demanded that. It's similar to how Palestinian obsessives will accuse Israel of committing 50 million genocides of children every hour and then, when called to account for their unhinged rhetoric will say something stupid and passive aggressive like 'Oh sorry I don't genuflect to Israel as much as you would like'.