"On the back of most Jeeps you will find
written 'the mountains are calling and I must go.' John Muir's famous
words call us to flee to the mountains to encounter something beautiful,
something true. But which mountains? Those towering and sound summits,
wreathed in smoke? Or instead the fragile mountains of wishful thinking
which, when shaken, crumble to the sea? The mountains of the romantic
soar, but are without substance. And while faith can move mountains, it
seems it is the role of the skeptic to leave them flattened. We desire
to reach soaring heights with the romantic, while we fear foolhardiness
with the skeptic. The mountains are calling, but we need something more
than romance or skepticism if we are to prove and test these mountains,
to come to know and love the fullness of truth."
In a recent commentary, Brother Augustine Mary Buckner, O.P.,
reflected on mountains, St, Albert the Great, and the search for truth.
To access Br. Augustine's complete post, please visit:
Dominicana: Faith to Prove Mountains (15 NOV 22)
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