Finding Understanding in Impossible Times (Father Gregory Boyle)

Pulling The Thread with Elise Loehnen

Elise Loehnen

Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Self-improvement, Education

4.8 • 900 Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Gregory Boyle is a beloved Jesuit priest and the founder of Homeboy Industries, a gang-intervention, rehabilitation, and re-entry program in Los Angeles. He’s also a New York Times–bestselling author. His new book is called Cherished Belonging: The Healing Power of Love in Divided Times. (It may sound soft and saccharine—but it’s not.) Father Boyle explains why he so deeply believes two things: One, that everyone is unshakably good. And two, that everyone belongs to us. He talks about the difference between hope and optimism, and forgiveness and mercy. And why the moral quest has never kept us moral. It’s just kept us from each other. He also talks about what prohibits us from making progress, how to get underneath a complex issue, and his way of holding a container in which someone else can feel their wholeness. For the show notes and to support Father Boyle’s work, head over to my Substack. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, it's Elise Lunan, host of Pulling the Thread. My guest today is the beloved guide and author, Father Gregory Boyle.
0:09.2	This Sunday, the race for Premier League glory continues as Manchester City take on Liverpool at the Etihad.
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0:49.4	Hi, it's Elise Lunan, host of Pulling the Thread.
0:53.1	On this show, we pull apart the web in which we all live to understand who we are and why
0:58.2	we're here.
0:59.4	My hope is that these conversations spark moments of resonance and plant tiny seeds of awareness
1:05.0	so that we might all collectively learn and grow.
1:10.0	Here is today's guest Gregory Boyle on dispelling fear. I think it's the only
1:14.6	thing that can actually dispel fear. And part of the thing is, is it effective? Are we successful?
1:21.6	Well, then, you know, we're not called to be successful. We're called to be faithful.
1:25.6	Gregory Boyle is a Jesuit priest and the founder of Homeboy
1:29.0	Industries. It's a massive and beautiful gang intervention, rehabilitation, and reentry program
1:35.6	here in Los Angeles, where Father Boyle is from. Today, Father Boyle is sharing what he's learned
1:42.6	since starting homeboy in the late 80s and
1:45.3	some of the most salient stories from his new book, Cherished Belonging, The Healing Power of
1:50.7	Love in Divided Times.
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