"Ideas affect us. Bad ideas affect us for
the worse. Like smoke in the air, they make it hard to see things as
they really are, and breathing them in makes us sick. We're bombarded
with smoke from every direction on a daily basis. It's unavoidable. We
breathe in the fumes of utilitarianism, Marxism, consumerism,
rationalism, emotivism and other mindsets. They don't even belong
together. Utilitarians despise consumerism, consumerists detest Marxism,
and Marxists don't like anything very much, yet all these ideas mix to
form a noxious, pervasive cloud that makes the sky gray. We breathe them
all in and they nauseate us. Internal tensions and philosophical
contradictions abound."
In a recent commentary, Brother Cyril Stola, O.P.,
reflected on this "smoke" in our lives (the result of original sin) and on the spiritual life as a process of cleansing.
To access Br. Cyril's complete post, please visit:
Dominicana: Smoke (16 MAY 19)
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