My friend Kale Zelden and I continue our discussion of Pope Benedict XVI's encyclical letter on hope (Spe Salvi)  -- specifically, we read and discuss paragraphs 4 through 12, covering the concept of faith-based hope in the New Testament and the early Church, and the question about what eternal life is.

Show notes/resources:
The Still Point in the Turning World - T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets, "Burnt Norton"

The "already/not yet" tension of Christian liturgy and life:
"The Sanctification of Time and the Liturgy of the Hours," Fr. Hildebrand Garceau, O.Praem.

"Demonstrators burn two churches in Chile on anniversary of protests," October 19, 2020

The Faithful Departed: The Collapse of Boston's Catholic Culture, Philip Lawler

Dante's depiction of Judas Iscariot in The Inferno

"I will never lose myself
for that which the senses
can take in here,
nor for all the mind can hold,
no matter how lofty,
nor for grace or beauty,
but only for I-don’t-know-what
which is so gladly found."
Saint John of the Cross, A Gloss (with spiritual meaning)

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The music in the introduction and close of this podcast is provided by Dennis Crommett.