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So, Father Gregory, I thought I'd give a little bit of an overview of the aspect of anger

that I went to focus on and then kind of stack up some questions that we can then bat around.

Okay.

And for those of you who are just witnessing all this, the intended outline, whether we

department or not, is on the board behind us.

So first, this talk or conversation is going to look at the work of anger, not just within an individual human being, but rather in human community.

I think it's always worth asking whether the talk is worth having first.

So the reason why I think that this is worth discussing is that, if you recall, anger has,

I could almost say it has dynamism that's threefold. Anger is always at someone

on account of something that I have suffered and for the sake of the restoration of justice.

So that's a kind of confusing dynamism, but it helps to think of it.

I like to think of it loosely as anger has something to do with the past, namely an offense

has been committed, even if that sting is still being filled in the present. So it has that

on the count of something that I've suffered. It also has a present dimension, which is I am angry at

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