November 30, 2020 4:00 pm

Oh, Brave New World!
We fear an overtly totalitarian government–a ‘Big Brother’ State like in George Orwell’s 1984–whether Red, White, or Blue. Father James expounds further in his Advent homily; while we’re preoccupied with this fear of a government-run wild, we miss the totalitarianism that has threatened us from the beginning of humanity! The tyranny which indeed, because of technology, threatens us now more than ever. Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World warns us of the totalitarianism based not on fear, but on desire–of humanity’s insatiable appetite for distractions. Only One will satisfy our desires, no matter how much we try to distract ourselves from this reality. If we are to stay free from this ancient threat of our fallen and misdirected desires, we must embrace silence, awaken our souls, and make room for the One who is coming.
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Oh, Brave New World!
We fear an overtly totalitarian government–a ‘Big Brother’ State like in George Orwell’s 1984–whether Red, White, or Blue. Father James expounds further in his Advent homily; while we’re preoccupied with this fear of a government-run wild, we miss the totalitarianism that has threatened us from the beginning of humanity! The tyranny which indeed, because of technology, threatens us now more than ever. Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World warns us of the totalitarianism based not on fear, but on desire–of humanity’s insatiable appetite for distractions. Only One will satisfy our desires, no matter how much we try to distract ourselves from this reality. If we are to stay free from this ancient threat of our fallen and misdirected desires, we must embrace silence, awaken our souls, and make room for the One who is coming.
__________
Watch on YouTube here (please don’t forget to hit subscribe) https://youtu.be/YyllHLRroCg
Listen here for audio-only https://bit.ly/3lkU1n8
Read here https://bit.ly/39sMxMK
Comment on Facebook here https://www.facebook.com/olmercy
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