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February 16, 2023
The Seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time
Charles Baudelaire, the famous debauched French poet, wrote in 'The Voyage' about exhausting pleasure in life and finding something new. He is the godfather of the modern transgressive artist. "The Voyage" offers: Pour out your poison that it may refresh us! This fire burns our brains so fiercely, we wish to plunge To the abyss' depths, Heaven or Hell, does it matter? To the depths of the Unknown to find something new!" — William Aggeler, The Flowers of Evil (Fresno, CA: Academy Library Guild, 1954) Jesus begs to differ in the Sermon on the Mount. Heaven is objectively and infinitely more valuabe than some new experience or thing. Novelty is overrated, which could be a quote from St. Therese of LIsieux. Maybe heaven is just getting our lives back and understanding perfection for the first time.
Readings for the 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/021923.cfm