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Ep. 193 - He Who Can Destroy: Fear, Hell, and the Order of Love
Mass Readings for June 21, 2026
Fear takes center stage in this week’s gospel as Jesus addresses his disciples—warning them of dangers yet insisting three times they “fear not,” then unexpectedly commanding them to “be afraid” of something much greater. We’ll unpack what fear really is, drawing on Aquinas and Augustine to explain how the passions or emotions shape our spiritual life. We’ll follow this thread through the human challenge of ordering our loves, from the first sin in the Garden of Eden to Abraham’s “binding of Isaac”, all the way to Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. Tune in as we wrestle with the primordial struggle to put God first—no matter what or whom we face. Read more.
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