
Week of February 10-15, 2025: Fighting Back Despair, Honoring Courage
February 10: T.S. Eliot on the Mystics as Medicine for Despair “The mystics — or else despair,” said T.S. Eliot. The writings and actions of
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February 10: T.S. Eliot on the Mystics as Medicine for Despair “The mystics — or else despair,” said T.S. Eliot. The writings and actions of
Thomas Aquinas teaches that despair is the “most dangerous” of all sins. It is not the worst—injustice is—but it is the most dangerous. Why? Because when a person
T. S. Eliot says this about the mystics: “Mystics are the only hope—or else despair.” The mystic offers medicine for despair and confronts it–despair in oneself,
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