S02 Ep. 51 – The Battle for the Peace of Christ

Fr. Eric reflects on how God calls us to get in the habit of renouncing not just evil things but even all manner of competiting goods to obtain the peace that He wishes to give to us. Reflecting upon Mk 9:30-37, in the context of which Christ urges His disciples to abandon their worldly ambitions in favour of adopting the mindset of a little child, Fr. Eric suggests that the Lord's exhortation is basically to conserve one's limited spiritual energies to serve God's particular purposes for his or her life.

Fr. Eric refers to the Vatican II document, "Gaudium et Spes" (Pastoral Constitution of the Church in the Modern World): https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19651207_gaudium-et-spes_en.html. As key example, Fr. Eric cites a May 17, 2018 talk that Bishop Robert Barron gave at the headquarters of Google: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enDhX49F3XI.

Fr. Eric references also the conversion story of a Harvard professor named Roy Schoeman, as documented by Shalom World: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWDevlijGUI.

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