A Theology of Joy in the Valley of Tears | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P.

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🗓️ 25 September 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Fr. Andrew Hofer discusses the theology of joy in the context of Christian life and suffering. He explains how it relates to both natural and supernatural experiences of goodness. He outlines five key points, including joy as an awareness of present good, a fruit of the Holy Spirit, a means to embrace suffering, a connection to the Virgin Mary, and a foretaste of eternal happiness. Finally, he emphasizes the importance of finding joy in God's presence during earthly trials as preparation for the eternal joy of heaven.

This lecture was given on April 22nd, 2024, at Georgetown University.

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About the Speaker:

Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., (Ph.D. Notre Dame) is professor of patristics and ancient languages at the Pontifical Faculty of the Dominican House of Studies where he serves as the director of the doctoral program. He authored Christ in the Life and Teaching of Gregory of Nazianzus (Oxford University Press, 2013) and The Power of Patristic Preaching: The Word in Our Flesh (Catholic University of America, 2023). He co-authored A Living Sacrifice: Guidance for Men Discerning Religious Life (Vianney Vocations, 2019). Editor-in-chief of the academic journal The Thomist, Hofer is editor or co-editor of several volumes including The Oxford Handbook of Deification, The Cambridge Companion to Augustine's Sermons, and Thomas Aquinas and the Greek Fathers. He enjoys speaking with students about their theological and spiritual questions.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tomistic Institute podcast.
0:06.8	Our mission is to promote the Catholic intellectual tradition in the university, the church, and the wider public square.
0:13.1	The lectures on this podcast are organized by university students at Temistic Institute chapters around the world.
0:19.1	To learn more and to attend these events, visit
0:22.0	us at Thomisticinstitute.org.
0:24.6	We'll begin with a reading from Acts chapter 5. This is Acts chapter 5, verses 40 through 42.
0:31.6	After recalling the apostles, they had them flogged, ordered them to stop speaking in the name of Jesus and dismiss them.
0:40.8	So they left the presence of the Sanhedron, rejoicing that they had been found worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name.
0:48.2	And all day long, both of the temple and in their homes, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the Messiah, Jesus.
0:55.8	Let us pray.
0:58.0	O God, perfect blight of the blessed, by whose gift we celebrate the paschal mysteries on earth.
1:03.6	Bring us, we pray, to rejoice in the full measure of your grace for ages unending.
1:08.3	There are Lord Jesus Christ, your son, who lives and reigns with you and into the Holy Spirit,
1:12.2	God forever and ever. Amen.
1:15.0	Our Lady, cause of our joy.
1:16.8	In the name of the Father and the Son, the Holy Spirit.
1:20.8	Happy Easter, Christ is risen from the dead.
1:24.0	Alleluia.
1:25.2	This evening's talk is a theology of joy in the valley of tears. And I'd like for us
1:30.9	to think about the reality of this Christian mystery, that Jesus Christ is risen from the dead,
1:36.9	that during this life on earth, we can have the joy of the risen Lord and that we see that
1:43.6	during this time on earth, that we are going
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