St Antony (d 356) was one of the first desert fathers. After emerging from 20 yrs in the wilderness everyone was impressed by the “soul’s joy” that shone in his face. He died at 105. 30 years after Antony’s death, St Augustine, wavering on his own conversion, read his biography.
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Augustine was amazed “to hear of the wonders God had worked so recently in our own time.” It was a factor in hastening his own conversion. One reason I write about saints and holy lives: The chain reaction that can occur whereby one lamp lights another.
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It makes me look to the joy when we
will come out of (our) current wilderness (crisis). Continue to share the lives of the Saints.
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I appreciate this memorial about my father by @ggrenwald above any I have read today--for his comprehensive review of his bio & history, for his attention to themes generally overlooked about his post-Vietnam life, but particularly for deep appreciation of his human qualities.🙏
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Here's my @RollingStone article on Daniel Ellsberg, the heroic Pentagon Papers leaker who died today at 92:
"We’re Told Never to Meet Our Childhood Heroes. Knowing Daniel Ellsberg Proved That Wrong"
rollingstone.com/politics/polit
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