Acedia is a rejection of one’s own greatness. There is no ladder of love, the acedious soul says, or if there is it is not worth ascending. The acedious soul would rather wallow at the bottom of the ladder than climb toward glory. It suffers from a spiritual obesity.

Read good books to your kids! ✅ Saint stories ✅ Bible stories ✅ Greek myths ✅ Norse myths ✅ Narnia! And more. Read to you children. Make memories.

Love is a good circle. How does the Unmoved Mover move all things if the Unmoved Mover does not move? Love. God enkindled in all things a desire (eros) to return to Him. Love is a cosmic force. It moves the sun and stars, as Dante says.

Have you read Robert E. Howard? Creator of Conan the Barbarian, Kull, et al., his short stories are immersive, fun, and virile. “The Tower of the Elephant” is one of his most famous Conan stories, if you’re looking for a place to start.

Good opportunity here ⬇️

The first step is “know thyself.” When Alcibiades asks how, Socrates states we need a mirror for the soul. What is this mirror? The eyes of the one who loves us. We find ourselves in those who love us. And in those who make us feel loved. I’m not sure we take seriously the

For Plato, it's not simply that the Idea of the horse is real like a particular horse is, but rather the Idea of the horse is more real than any particular horse. The imperfect particulars participate in the perfect universal.

We are reading Book Ten of the Odyssey this week. ➡️How does guest-friendship inform the story of Circe and others in Book Ten? All the narratives of book ten—King Aeolus, the Laestrygonians, and Circe—incorporate guest-friendship in some manner. Recall that guest-friendship

How does the Platonic Ideal play into the love of husband and wife? How does the Idea of the beloved in the mind of God inform Christian marriage and ethics? How is the Idea a call to sanctification or theosis? A deeper dive: ⬇️⬇️⬇️

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The spirited part of the soul loves nobility and produces victory, glory, and honor. It is perfected by courage. And the spirited part of the soul is not suppressed in Christianity - but rather is tempered by gentleness. One of the best examples of this is chivalry. ⬇️

Today is a good day. Had a charming conversation with Zena Hitz this morning on the Clouds by Aristophanes. This evening I’m discussing Plato’s Euthyphro with the men in diaconate formation.

Bishop Slattery has died. He welcomed me into the diaconate program at 27 and hired me as the Chancellor and legal counsel at 29. He took a chance on a young man, and I’m eternally grateful. Most of all, Bishop Slattery was a spiritual father. You could tell he cared about

You can read the Iliad! Wonderful to see. ⬇️⬇️⬇️