Day 21: Problems with Curiosity (The Confessions of St. Augustine)

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🗓️ 22 October 2023

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Summary

Enter St. Alipius. Alipius is a follower of St. Augustine who eventually converts with him. St. Augustine describes Alipius’ struggle with curiosity. Fr. Gregory Pine and Fr. Jacob-Bertrand Janczyk affirm that the desire to know is good. However, they caution that curiosity can become bad when it distracts us from our responsibilities. Today’s readings are Book 6, Chapters 8-10.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Father Gregory Pine.
0:06.0	And I'm Father Jacob Bertram Jansik.
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0:27.0	This season we are reading Ascension's edition of Confessions by St. Augustine.
0:30.0	A few reminders before we get started. To download the reading plan for
0:34.1	Confessions, visit ascension press.com slash Catholic Classics or text Confessions
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0:46.9	This is day 21.
0:48.2	Today we'll be reading Book 6, Chapter 8 through 10,
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1:12.0	I don't know if you've had the
1:13.3	experience where you read a book and you didn't know who was important before
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