Br. Philip Nolan, O.P., on Why We Were Born

"'Why did you decide to give your life to this work?' The old farmer, weather-worn and bowed with age, answered my question with a wry smile: 'Bad luck and being born into it.' Born into a family who had farmed for generations, he had no reason to kick the trend. Now, in the evening of his life, he stood in the yard that had greeted him every morning since he was a child. He knew intimately the shape of the surrounding hills, the time each year when the swallows returned, the best days to plant his crops, and the patience necessary to draw some yield out of his rocky New England soil. A tough life. He had been born into farming. Was he born to farm?"

In a recent commentary, Brother Philip Nolan, O.P., reflected on the truth of why we were born.

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