Commentary

The Beach

“We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.”

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The Goal

Is Heaven the goal or the reward? Perhaps our goal should be supreme happiness (beatitude) in this life. (I added this thought July 10 ‘23,  in light of today’s first reading (Oct 15 ‘25) it seems like heaven is the goal (and ”supreme happiness” is a metric by which you can tell if you will

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Be aware

Be aware of how much the media will steal your interior peace.” (It was stunning how much inner peace I got back when I stopped watching, or listening to, the news.  If you happen to be a regular news watcher or talk radio listener, turn it off and you will be stunned too.  Peace.)

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