The Unstoppable: How Truth Prevails When Everything Stands Against It | Daily Readings | May 2, 2025
Christus Dominus Bread of Life
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For'}, {'start': '33.120', 'end': '37.680', 'text': 'before this time Theudas rose up, saying'}, {'start': '35.280', 'end': '40.000', 'text': 'that he was somebody, and about 400 men'}, {'start': '37.680', 'end': '41.920', 'text': 'were joined to him. He was killed, and'}, {'start': '40.000', 'end': '43.480', 'text': 'all who followed him were dispersed, and'}, {'start': '41.920', 'end': '45.920', 'text': 'they were reduced to'}, {'start': '43.480', 'end': '47.920', 'text': 'nothing." After this one, Judas the'}, {'start': '45.920', 'end': '50.480', 'text': 'Galilean rose up in the days of the'}, {'start': '47.920', 'end': '52.239', 'text': 'census, and he drew people after him.'}, {'start': '50.480', 'end': '54.160', 'text': 'But he also perished, and all who'}, {'start': '52.239', 'end': '56.079', 'text': 'followed him were scattered. And now'}, {'start': '54.160', 'end': '57.680', 'text': 'therefore, I say to you, keep your'}, {'start': '56.079', 'end': '60.079', 'text': 'distance from these men, and let them'}, {'start': '57.680', 'end': '62.320', 'text': 'alone. For if this council or this work'}, {'start': '60.079', 'end': '64.400', 'text': 'is of men, it will be broken. But if it'}, {'start': '62.320', 'end': '66.640', 'text': 'is of God, you will not be able to break'}, {'start': '64.400', 'end': '69.200', 'text': 'it. And in so doing, you may be found to'}, {'start': '66.640', 'end': '72.320', 'text': 'be fighting against God. And they agreed'}, {'start': '69.200', 'end': '74.479', 'text': 'with him. And calling in the apostles,'}, {'start': '72.320', 'end': '76.720', 'text': 'having scourged them, they instructed'}, {'start': '74.479', 'end': '79.119', 'text': 'them not to speak in the name of Jesus,'}, {'start': '76.720', 'end': '80.720', 'text': 'and they released them. And indeed they'}, {'start': '79.119', 'end': '82.720', 'text': 'went forth from the presence of the'}, {'start': '80.720', 'end': '84.960', 'text': 'council, rejoicing that they were'}, {'start': '82.720', 'end': '87.680', 'text': 'considered worthy to suffer disgrace for'}, {'start': '84.960', 'end': '90.000', 'text': 'the name of Jesus. And every day in the'}, {'start': '87.680', 'end': '92.400', 'text': 'temple and from house to house, they did'}, {'start': '90.000', 'end': '95.880', 'text': 'not cease to teach and to evangelize'}, {'start': '92.400', 'end': '95.880', 'text': 'Christ Jesus.'}, {'start': '96.730', 'end': '105.610', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '108.159', 'end': '115.159', 'text': 'One thing I'}, {'start': '111.000', 'end': '120.640', 'text': 'seek to dwell in the house of the'}, {'start': '115.159', 'end': '120.640', 'text': 'Lord. The Lord is my light and my'}, {'start': '121.479', 'end': '126.680', 'text': 'salvation. Whom should I fear?'}, {'start': '128.319', 'end': '132.959', 'text': "The Lord is my life's"}, {'start': '133.560', 'end': '143.080', 'text': 'refuge. Of whom should I be'}, {'start': '139.239', 'end': '149.160', 'text': 'afraid? One thing I'}, {'start': '143.080', 'end': '149.160', 'text': 'see, to dwell in the house of the Lord.'}, {'start': '153.250', 'end': '156.780', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '159.360', 'end': '171.640', 'text': 'One thing I ask of the Lord, this I'}, {'start': '165.480', 'end': '176.319', 'text': 'see, to dwell in the house of the'}, {'start': '171.640', 'end': '181.440', 'text': 'Lord, all the days of my life that I may'}, {'start': '176.319', 'end': '184.040', 'text': 'gaze on the loveliness of the Lord and'}, {'start': '181.440', 'end': '187.959', 'text': 'contemplate latest'}, {'start': '184.040', 'end': '193.580', 'text': 'temple. One thing I'}, {'start': '187.959', 'end': '198.360', 'text': 'see to dwell in the house of the Lord.'}, {'start': '193.580', 'end': '202.080', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '198.360', 'end': '208.200', 'text': 'Oh, I believe that I shall see the'}, {'start': '202.080', 'end': '210.680', 'text': 'bounty of the Lord in the land of the'}, {'start': '208.200', 'end': '214.640', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '210.680', 'end': '216.760', 'text': 'living. Wait for the Lord with courage.'}, {'start': '214.640', 'end': '220.760', 'text': 'Be'}, {'start': '216.760', 'end': '224.599', 'text': 'stoutarted and wait for the'}, {'start': '220.760', 'end': '228.959', 'text': 'Lord. One thing I'}, {'start': '224.599', 'end': '231.610', 'text': 'see to dwell in the house of the Lord.'}, {'start': '228.959', 'end': '242.819', 'text': 'The Lord.'}, {'start': '231.610', 'end': '242.819', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '245.760', 'end': '251.120', 'text': 'A reading from the Holy Gospel according'}, {'start': '248.239', 'end': '253.159', 'text': 'to John. After this, Jesus crossed the'}, {'start': '251.120', 'end': '255.840', 'text': 'Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of'}, {'start': '253.159', 'end': '257.919', 'text': 'Tiberias. And a great multitude followed'}, {'start': '255.840', 'end': '259.600', 'text': 'him, for they saw the signs that he was'}, {'start': '257.919', 'end': '262.240', 'text': 'accomplishing toward those who were'}, {'start': '259.600', 'end': '264.280', 'text': 'infirm. Therefore, Jesus went onto a'}, {'start': '262.240', 'end': '267.120', 'text': 'mountain, and he sat down there with his'}, {'start': '264.280', 'end': '270.639', 'text': 'disciples. Now, the Passover, the feast'}, {'start': '267.120', 'end': '272.720', 'text': 'day of the Jews, was near. And so when'}, {'start': '270.639', 'end': '274.960', 'text': 'Jesus had lifted up his eyes and had'}, {'start': '272.720', 'end': '277.280', 'text': 'seen that a very great multitude came to'}, {'start': '274.960', 'end': '279.360', 'text': 'him, he said to Philillip, "From where'}, {'start': '277.280', 'end': '281.919', 'text': 'should we buy bread so that these may'}, {'start': '279.360', 'end': '284.560', 'text': 'eat?" But he said this to test him, for'}, {'start': '281.919', 'end': '287.520', 'text': 'he himself knew what he would do. Philip'}, {'start': '284.560', 'end': '289.520', 'text': 'answered him, 200 diner of bread would'}, {'start': '287.520', 'end': '292.400', 'text': 'not be sufficient for each of them to'}, {'start': '289.520', 'end': '294.639', 'text': 'receive even a little. One of his'}, {'start': '292.400', 'end': '296.880', 'text': 'disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon'}, {'start': '294.639', 'end': '299.199', 'text': 'Peter, said to him, "There is a certain'}, {'start': '296.880', 'end': '301.440', 'text': 'boy here who has five barley loaves and'}, {'start': '299.199', 'end': '303.600', 'text': 'two fish. But what are these among so'}, {'start': '301.440', 'end': '306.000', 'text': 'many?" Therefore Jesus said, "Have the'}, {'start': '303.600', 'end': '308.080', 'text': 'men sit down to eat." Now there was much'}, {'start': '306.000', 'end': '311.120', 'text': 'grass in that place. And so the men in'}, {'start': '308.080', 'end': '313.039', 'text': 'number about 5,000 sat down to eat. Then'}, {'start': '311.120', 'end': '314.960', 'text': 'Jesus took the loaves, and when he had'}, {'start': '313.039', 'end': '316.960', 'text': 'given thanks, he distributed them to'}, {'start': '314.960', 'end': '319.280', 'text': 'those who were sitting down to eat, and'}, {'start': '316.960', 'end': '320.800', 'text': 'similarly from the fish as much as they'}, {'start': '319.280', 'end': '322.639', 'text': 'wanted.'}, {'start': '320.800', 'end': '324.800', 'text': 'And when they had been satisfied, he'}, {'start': '322.639', 'end': '326.880', 'text': 'said to his disciples, "Gather the'}, {'start': '324.800', 'end': '329.199', 'text': 'fragments that are left, lest they be'}, {'start': '326.880', 'end': '330.960', 'text': 'lost." Therefore, they gathered, and'}, {'start': '329.199', 'end': '333.039', 'text': 'they filled 12 baskets with the'}, {'start': '330.960', 'end': '334.960', 'text': 'fragments of the five barley loaves,'}, {'start': '333.039', 'end': '337.360', 'text': 'which were left over from those who had'}, {'start': '334.960', 'end': '339.280', 'text': 'eaten. Therefore, those men, when they'}, {'start': '337.360', 'end': '342.080', 'text': 'had seen that Jesus had performed a'}, {'start': '339.280', 'end': '345.280', 'text': 'sign, were saying, "Truly, this is the'}, {'start': '342.080', 'end': '347.520', 'text': 'prophet who is to come into the world."'}, {'start': '345.280', 'end': '349.680', 'text': 'Then Jesus, knowing that they were going'}, {'start': '347.520', 'end': '352.639', 'text': 'to come and take him by force and make'}, {'start': '349.680', 'end': '355.080', 'text': 'him king, fled again to the mountain by'}, {'start': '352.639', 'end': '358.240', 'text': 'himself'}, {'start': '355.080', 'end': '360.240', 'text': "alone. Join us for today's reflection."}, {'start': '358.240', 'end': '362.800', 'text': 'Blood streamed down their backs as they'}, {'start': '360.240', 'end': '364.800', 'text': 'walked away, laughing, not nervous'}, {'start': '362.800', 'end': '367.199', 'text': 'laughter or hysterical release, but'}, {'start': '364.800', 'end': '368.639', 'text': 'genuine joy, rejoicing because they had'}, {'start': '367.199', 'end': '371.600', 'text': 'been counted worthy of suffering'}, {'start': '368.639', 'end': '373.840', 'text': 'disgrace for the name. 39 lashes. A'}, {'start': '371.600', 'end': '376.160', 'text': 'punishment so severe it sometimes killed'}, {'start': '373.840', 'end': '378.680', 'text': 'and they left celebrating. This single'}, {'start': '376.160', 'end': '380.880', 'text': 'image captures something so profoundly'}, {'start': '378.680', 'end': '382.680', 'text': 'countercultural, so fundamentally'}, {'start': '380.880', 'end': '386.199', 'text': 'transformative that it demands'}, {'start': '382.680', 'end': '388.720', 'text': 'explanation. What creates such inverted'}, {'start': '386.199', 'end': '391.120', 'text': 'reaction? What transforms brutal'}, {'start': '388.720', 'end': '393.520', 'text': 'punishment into privileged honor? The'}, {'start': '391.120', 'end': '396.080', 'text': 'answer lies partly in what preceded this'}, {'start': '393.520', 'end': '398.240', 'text': 'flogging? The Sanhedrin, the same'}, {'start': '396.080', 'end': '400.400', 'text': 'council that had condemned Jesus, was'}, {'start': '398.240', 'end': '403.680', 'text': 'ready to execute the apostles when an'}, {'start': '400.400', 'end': '406.400', 'text': 'unexpected voice intervened. Gale, a'}, {'start': '403.680', 'end': '409.039', 'text': 'respected Pharisee, rose with disarming'}, {'start': '406.400', 'end': '411.440', 'text': 'simplicity. If their purpose is human,'}, {'start': '409.039', 'end': '414.039', 'text': "it will fail. If it's divine, you'll"}, {'start': '411.440', 'end': '416.720', 'text': 'only find yourselves fighting against'}, {'start': '414.039', 'end': '418.880', 'text': 'God. His words reveal a profound'}, {'start': '416.720', 'end': '421.599', 'text': 'principle rarely acknowledged in our'}, {'start': '418.880', 'end': '423.840', 'text': 'certainty obsessed age. Divine truth'}, {'start': '421.599', 'end': '426.039', 'text': 'possesses unstoppable momentum that'}, {'start': '423.840', 'end': '428.800', 'text': 'human opposition cannot ultimately'}, {'start': '426.039', 'end': '430.800', 'text': 'defeat. Self-evident truth eventually'}, {'start': '428.800', 'end': '433.680', 'text': 'prevails regardless of who stands'}, {'start': '430.800', 'end': '436.240', 'text': "against it. History vindicates Galiel's"}, {'start': '433.680', 'end': '438.479', 'text': 'insight. The authorities who executed'}, {'start': '436.240', 'end': '441.199', 'text': 'Jesus and fgged his followers have'}, {'start': '438.479', 'end': '442.199', 'text': 'vanished. The empire that crucified him'}, {'start': '441.199', 'end': '444.560', 'text': 'has'}, {'start': '442.199', 'end': '446.800', 'text': 'collapsed. Yet the movement they sought'}, {'start': '444.560', 'end': '449.039', 'text': 'to exterminate spans continents,'}, {'start': '446.800', 'end': '451.360', 'text': 'transcends millennia, and transforms'}, {'start': '449.039', 'end': '453.840', 'text': "lives still. On today's feast,"}, {'start': '451.360', 'end': '456.479', 'text': 'Athanasius embodies this principle with'}, {'start': '453.840', 'end': '458.800', 'text': 'stunning clarity. When the popular Aryan'}, {'start': '456.479', 'end': '460.880', 'text': "heresy denied Christ's full divinity and"}, {'start': '458.800', 'end': '463.120', 'text': 'gains support from emperors and bishops'}, {'start': '460.880', 'end': '466.080', 'text': 'alike, this single Egyptian stood'}, {'start': '463.120', 'end': '468.160', 'text': 'virtually alone. Exiled five times,'}, {'start': '466.080', 'end': '470.919', 'text': 'declared enemy of the state, hunted'}, {'start': '468.160', 'end': '473.520', 'text': 'through deserts and swamps, he never'}, {'start': '470.919', 'end': '476.639', 'text': 'wavered. His epitap might well have been'}, {'start': '473.520', 'end': '479.120', 'text': "Gumiel's principle. If truth is divine,"}, {'start': '476.639', 'end': '481.199', 'text': 'opposing forces will ultimately exhaust'}, {'start': '479.120', 'end': '484.360', 'text': 'themselves against it. During his'}, {'start': '481.199', 'end': '486.800', 'text': 'lifetime, people mockingly said, "Ananas'}, {'start': '484.360', 'end': '489.520', 'text': 'contraundom, Aanasius against the'}, {'start': '486.800', 'end': '491.919', 'text': 'world." In retrospect, we recognize the'}, {'start': '489.520', 'end': '495.039', 'text': 'world was against Aanius and the world'}, {'start': '491.919', 'end': '497.039', 'text': 'lost. What creates such confidence? Not'}, {'start': '495.039', 'end': '500.199', 'text': 'arrogance or stubbornness, but'}, {'start': '497.039', 'end': '502.720', 'text': 'recognition of reality beyond human'}, {'start': '500.199', 'end': '505.360', 'text': 'opinion? Our psalm reveals this'}, {'start': '502.720', 'end': '507.759', 'text': 'foundation. The Lord is my light and my'}, {'start': '505.360', 'end': '509.840', 'text': 'salvation, whom shall I fear? Not'}, {'start': '507.759', 'end': '512.320', 'text': 'bravado but cleareyed assessment of'}, {'start': '509.840', 'end': '514.240', 'text': 'relative power. If God illuminates,'}, {'start': '512.320', 'end': '517.200', 'text': 'human darkness cannot ultimately'}, {'start': '514.240', 'end': '519.360', 'text': 'prevail. If divine salvation surrounds,'}, {'start': '517.200', 'end': '521.440', 'text': 'human threat diminishes accordingly.'}, {'start': '519.360', 'end': '524.080', 'text': "This isn't abstract theology, but"}, {'start': '521.440', 'end': '526.320', 'text': 'practical recalibration of perspective.'}, {'start': '524.080', 'end': '528.480', 'text': 'When eternal reality becomes more'}, {'start': '526.320', 'end': '530.959', 'text': 'substantial than temporal threat,'}, {'start': '528.480', 'end': '533.760', 'text': 'response to persecution fundamentally'}, {'start': '530.959', 'end': '535.920', 'text': 'shifts. The gospel completes this'}, {'start': '533.760', 'end': '538.720', 'text': 'picture with another manifestation of'}, {'start': '535.920', 'end': '541.120', 'text': 'unstoppable divine reality. This time'}, {'start': '538.720', 'end': '543.399', 'text': 'not truth persisting against opposition,'}, {'start': '541.120', 'end': '546.160', 'text': 'but abundance overflowing human'}, {'start': '543.399', 'end': '548.640', 'text': 'limitation. Five barley loaves and two'}, {'start': '546.160', 'end': '551.200', 'text': 'fish. Peasant food barely sufficient for'}, {'start': '548.640', 'end': '554.000', 'text': 'one somehow feed thousands with 12'}, {'start': '551.200', 'end': '556.080', 'text': 'baskets remaining. Human calculation'}, {'start': '554.000', 'end': '558.880', 'text': 'confronts divine provision and'}, {'start': '556.080', 'end': '561.040', 'text': 'mathematics surrenders to miracle. The'}, {'start': '558.880', 'end': '562.920', 'text': 'connection between these readings runs'}, {'start': '561.040', 'end': '566.320', 'text': 'deeper than first'}, {'start': '562.920', 'end': '569.000', 'text': 'appears. Each reveals unstoppable divine'}, {'start': '566.320', 'end': '571.839', 'text': 'reality breaking through apparent human'}, {'start': '569.000', 'end': '574.560', 'text': 'limitation. Truth that persists despite'}, {'start': '571.839', 'end': '577.279', 'text': 'overwhelming opposition. Joy that'}, {'start': '574.560', 'end': '579.600', 'text': 'flourishes amid brutal persecution.'}, {'start': '577.279', 'end': '582.320', 'text': 'Abundance that multiplies beyond'}, {'start': '579.600', 'end': '584.720', 'text': 'rational explanation.'}, {'start': '582.320', 'end': '587.920', 'text': 'Each requires recalibrated perspective'}, {'start': '584.720', 'end': '589.760', 'text': 'to recognize and participate in gumlial'}, {'start': '587.920', 'end': '592.160', 'text': 'seeing beyond immediate threat to'}, {'start': '589.760', 'end': '594.240', 'text': 'discern potential divine purpose.'}, {'start': '592.160', 'end': '597.040', 'text': 'Apostles measuring suffering not by'}, {'start': '594.240', 'end': '599.440', 'text': 'physical pain but alignment with Christ.'}, {'start': '597.040', 'end': '602.080', 'text': 'Jesus transforming inadequate resources'}, {'start': '599.440', 'end': '604.320', 'text': 'into inexplicable provision. The pattern'}, {'start': '602.080', 'end': '606.240', 'text': 'appears throughout Christian history.'}, {'start': '604.320', 'end': '609.040', 'text': 'Insignificant beginnings producing'}, {'start': '606.240', 'end': '611.680', 'text': 'inexplicable impact. Apparent defeats'}, {'start': '609.040', 'end': '614.279', 'text': 'containing ultimate victories. limited'}, {'start': '611.680', 'end': '617.680', 'text': 'resources generating abundant'}, {'start': '614.279', 'end': '620.240', 'text': 'provision. A Galilean carpenter executed'}, {'start': '617.680', 'end': '623.279', 'text': "as criminal becomes history's central"}, {'start': '620.240', 'end': '626.200', 'text': "figure. A movement targeting society's"}, {'start': '623.279', 'end': '629.360', 'text': 'lowest members eventually transforms'}, {'start': '626.200', 'end': '632.480', 'text': 'empires. A community embodying radical'}, {'start': '629.360', 'end': '635.000', 'text': 'values repeatedly survives forces that'}, {'start': '632.480', 'end': '637.040', 'text': 'destroy more powerful'}, {'start': '635.000', 'end': '639.839', 'text': 'institutions. What does this reveal'}, {'start': '637.040', 'end': '641.600', 'text': 'about divine economy? Not miraculous'}, {'start': '639.839', 'end': '644.160', 'text': 'escape from difficulty but'}, {'start': '641.600', 'end': '646.000', 'text': 'transformation within it. Not exemption'}, {'start': '644.160', 'end': '647.839', 'text': 'from natural limitations but'}, {'start': '646.000', 'end': '649.600', 'text': 'transcendence through them. Not'}, {'start': '647.839', 'end': '652.079', 'text': 'circumvention of opposition but'}, {'start': '649.600', 'end': '654.680', 'text': 'persistence beyond it. Nowhere do we see'}, {'start': '652.079', 'end': '657.200', 'text': 'divine intervention eliminating human'}, {'start': '654.680', 'end': '659.680', 'text': "participation. Jesus doesn't create food"}, {'start': '657.200', 'end': '662.240', 'text': 'from nothing. He multiplies what a boy'}, {'start': '659.680', 'end': '664.640', 'text': "offers. God doesn't protect apostles"}, {'start': '662.240', 'end': '666.880', 'text': 'from fgging. He transforms their'}, {'start': '664.640', 'end': '669.680', 'text': 'experience of it.'}, {'start': '666.880', 'end': '671.800', 'text': "Athanasius isn't spared opposition. He"}, {'start': '669.680', 'end': '674.399', 'text': 'sustained through it toward ultimate'}, {'start': '671.800', 'end': '676.399', 'text': 'vindication. This pattern challenges our'}, {'start': '674.399', 'end': '678.800', 'text': 'natural instincts. When facing'}, {'start': '676.399', 'end': '680.720', 'text': 'insufficient resources, we calculate'}, {'start': '678.800', 'end': '682.680', 'text': 'what seems reasonable rather than'}, {'start': '680.720', 'end': '684.640', 'text': 'offering what we have for divine'}, {'start': '682.680', 'end': '686.640', 'text': 'multiplication. When encountering'}, {'start': '684.640', 'end': '689.120', 'text': 'opposition, we seek immediate'}, {'start': '686.640', 'end': '692.079', 'text': 'vindication rather than trusting truths'}, {'start': '689.120', 'end': '694.640', 'text': 'unstoppable momentum. When experiencing'}, {'start': '692.079', 'end': '697.440', 'text': 'suffering, we focus on escape rather'}, {'start': '694.640', 'end': '699.800', 'text': "than potential meaning. Yet today's"}, {'start': '697.440', 'end': '702.800', 'text': 'readings and saint reveal profound'}, {'start': '699.800', 'end': '705.040', 'text': 'alternative divine reality operating not'}, {'start': '702.800', 'end': '707.839', 'text': 'parallel to human experience but through'}, {'start': '705.040', 'end': '710.320', 'text': 'it not replacing natural elements but'}, {'start': '707.839', 'end': '712.959', 'text': "transfiguring them. The boy's lunch"}, {'start': '710.320', 'end': '715.120', 'text': 'insignificant in human calculation'}, {'start': '712.959', 'end': '717.519', 'text': "becomes history's most famous meal"}, {'start': '715.120', 'end': '720.240', 'text': 'through divine multiplication. The'}, {'start': '717.519', 'end': '722.399', 'text': 'apostles suffering designed to silence'}, {'start': '720.240', 'end': '724.120', 'text': 'becomes compelling testimony through'}, {'start': '722.399', 'end': '727.360', 'text': 'transformed'}, {'start': '724.120', 'end': '729.920', 'text': "perspective. Athanasius's isolation"}, {'start': '727.360', 'end': '732.639', 'text': 'intended to neutralize becomes powerful'}, {'start': '729.920', 'end': '734.880', 'text': 'witness through historical vindication.'}, {'start': '732.639', 'end': '737.680', 'text': 'We see this pattern most clearly in the'}, {'start': '734.880', 'end': '739.839', 'text': 'central Christian paradox. Crucifixion'}, {'start': '737.680', 'end': '742.079', 'text': 'becoming salvation. Instrument of'}, {'start': '739.839', 'end': '744.320', 'text': 'torture becoming symbol of hope.'}, {'start': '742.079', 'end': '747.440', 'text': 'Apparent defeat containing ultimate'}, {'start': '744.320', 'end': '749.600', 'text': 'victory. The unstoppable divine reality'}, {'start': '747.440', 'end': '752.639', 'text': "doesn't bypass the cross, but works"}, {'start': '749.600', 'end': '754.880', 'text': 'precisely through it. What might this'}, {'start': '752.639', 'end': '757.120', 'text': 'mean in our experience? Perhaps our'}, {'start': '754.880', 'end': '759.920', 'text': 'greatest limitations, insufficient'}, {'start': '757.120', 'end': '761.920', 'text': 'resources, opposition to purpose, even'}, {'start': '759.920', 'end': '764.079', 'text': "suffering itself, aren't obstacles to"}, {'start': '761.920', 'end': '766.639', 'text': 'divine reality, but potential channels'}, {'start': '764.079', 'end': '768.480', 'text': 'for its manifestation. Perhaps our most'}, {'start': '766.639', 'end': '770.720', 'text': 'significant weaknesses might become,'}, {'start': '768.480', 'end': '772.880', 'text': "like the boy's lunch, precisely what"}, {'start': '770.720', 'end': '775.839', 'text': 'divine provision multiplies beyond'}, {'start': '772.880', 'end': '778.399', 'text': 'explanation. The Sanhedrin saw apostles'}, {'start': '775.839', 'end': '781.120', 'text': 'as problem requiring elimination.'}, {'start': '778.399', 'end': '783.000', 'text': 'Gumlial recognized potential, divine'}, {'start': '781.120', 'end': '785.839', 'text': 'purpose requiring'}, {'start': '783.000', 'end': '789.040', 'text': 'patience. The disciples saw inadequate'}, {'start': '785.839', 'end': '791.360', 'text': 'resources requiring dismissal. Jesus saw'}, {'start': '789.040', 'end': '794.480', 'text': 'raw material for miracle requiring'}, {'start': '791.360', 'end': '797.040', 'text': "trust. Athanasius's contemporaries saw"}, {'start': '794.480', 'end': '799.120', 'text': 'troublesome dissident requiring exile.'}, {'start': '797.040', 'end': '801.600', 'text': 'History reveals profit aligned with'}, {'start': '799.120', 'end': '803.519', 'text': 'truth requiring vindication. Which'}, {'start': '801.600', 'end': '805.360', 'text': 'perspective will we choose when'}, {'start': '803.519', 'end': '808.240', 'text': 'confronting apparently insufficient'}, {'start': '805.360', 'end': '810.720', 'text': 'resources, whether material, emotional,'}, {'start': '808.240', 'end': '813.360', 'text': 'or spiritual? Will we calculate'}, {'start': '810.720', 'end': '815.399', 'text': 'reasonable limitations or offer what we'}, {'start': '813.360', 'end': '817.920', 'text': 'have for potential'}, {'start': '815.399', 'end': '820.800', 'text': 'multiplication? When facing opposition'}, {'start': '817.920', 'end': '823.279', 'text': 'to truth or purpose, whether external'}, {'start': '820.800', 'end': '825.440', 'text': 'resistance or internal doubt, will we'}, {'start': '823.279', 'end': '827.959', 'text': 'demand immediate vindication or trust'}, {'start': '825.440', 'end': '830.800', 'text': 'the unstoppable momentum that gumiel'}, {'start': '827.959', 'end': '832.880', 'text': 'recognized when experiencing suffering,'}, {'start': '830.800', 'end': '835.440', 'text': 'whether physical pain, relational'}, {'start': '832.880', 'end': '837.920', 'text': 'conflict, or circumstantial difficulty?'}, {'start': '835.440', 'end': '840.000', 'text': 'Will we focus exclusively on escape or'}, {'start': '837.920', 'end': '842.399', 'text': 'remain open to potential meaning within'}, {'start': '840.000', 'end': '844.880', 'text': "it? These choices don't guarantee"}, {'start': '842.399', 'end': '847.680', 'text': 'immediate transformation. Sometimes'}, {'start': '844.880', 'end': '849.000', 'text': 'divine purpose unfolds across decades'}, {'start': '847.680', 'end': '851.839', 'text': 'rather than'}, {'start': '849.000', 'end': '854.720', 'text': 'moments. Athanasius died before his'}, {'start': '851.839', 'end': '857.120', 'text': 'vindication was complete. Persecution of'}, {'start': '854.720', 'end': '859.920', 'text': 'early Christians continued long after'}, {'start': '857.120', 'end': '862.000', 'text': "Galiel's intervention. Even Jesus's"}, {'start': '859.920', 'end': '864.079', 'text': 'miraculous provision was followed by'}, {'start': '862.000', 'end': '866.320', 'text': 'misunderstanding when crowds tried'}, {'start': '864.079', 'end': '868.800', 'text': 'making him political king. Yet'}, {'start': '866.320', 'end': '871.120', 'text': 'unstoppable divine reality continues'}, {'start': '868.800', 'end': '873.440', 'text': 'working. Sometimes visibly through'}, {'start': '871.120', 'end': '875.920', 'text': 'miraculous provision. Sometimes'}, {'start': '873.440', 'end': '878.000', 'text': 'invisibly through persistent truth.'}, {'start': '875.920', 'end': '879.560', 'text': 'Sometimes paradoxically through'}, {'start': '878.000', 'end': '881.920', 'text': 'transformed'}, {'start': '879.560', 'end': '883.839', 'text': 'suffering. Our psalm concludes with'}, {'start': '881.920', 'end': '886.480', 'text': 'guidance for participating in this'}, {'start': '883.839', 'end': '888.800', 'text': 'reality. Wait for the Lord. Be strong'}, {'start': '886.480', 'end': '891.120', 'text': 'and take heart and wait for the Lord.'}, {'start': '888.800', 'end': '893.760', 'text': 'Not passive resignation but active'}, {'start': '891.120', 'end': '896.160', 'text': 'patience. Not denial of difficulty but'}, {'start': '893.760', 'end': '898.480', 'text': 'confident expectation of divine purpose'}, {'start': '896.160', 'end': '900.720', 'text': 'unfolding through it. This perspective'}, {'start': '898.480', 'end': '903.600', 'text': "doesn't eliminate natural responses to"}, {'start': '900.720', 'end': '906.000', 'text': 'limitation, opposition, or suffering.'}, {'start': '903.600', 'end': '908.720', 'text': 'The apostles felt real pain from real'}, {'start': '906.000', 'end': '911.720', 'text': "lashes. The disciples genuinely couldn't"}, {'start': '908.720', 'end': '914.480', 'text': 'feed thousands from insufficient'}, {'start': '911.720', 'end': '917.760', 'text': 'resources. Athanasius undoubtedly'}, {'start': '914.480', 'end': '919.519', 'text': 'experienced genuine loneliness in exile.'}, {'start': '917.760', 'end': '922.560', 'text': 'Yet something more significant than'}, {'start': '919.519', 'end': '924.800', 'text': 'these realities shaped their experience.'}, {'start': '922.560', 'end': '926.959', 'text': 'Recognition of divine purpose working'}, {'start': '924.800', 'end': '928.959', 'text': 'through human limitation. This'}, {'start': '926.959', 'end': '931.120', 'text': "recognition didn't eliminate natural"}, {'start': '928.959', 'end': '933.360', 'text': 'elements, but transfigured them,'}, {'start': '931.120', 'end': '935.600', 'text': 'creating capacity to rejoice amid'}, {'start': '933.360', 'end': '938.639', 'text': 'suffering, distribute impossible'}, {'start': '935.600', 'end': '940.920', 'text': 'abundance, and maintain solitary witness'}, {'start': '938.639', 'end': '943.680', 'text': 'against overwhelming'}, {'start': '940.920', 'end': '946.480', 'text': "opposition. Today's readings and saint"}, {'start': '943.680', 'end': '948.720', 'text': 'invite similar recognition, not escape'}, {'start': '946.480', 'end': '951.600', 'text': 'from human reality, but transformation'}, {'start': '948.720', 'end': '954.000', 'text': 'within it. Not miraculous exemption from'}, {'start': '951.600', 'end': '956.480', 'text': 'limitation, but divine provision working'}, {'start': '954.000', 'end': '958.800', 'text': 'through it. not immediate vindication of'}, {'start': '956.480', 'end': '961.199', 'text': 'truth, but confidence in its unstoppable'}, {'start': '958.800', 'end': '964.279', 'text': 'momentum. For when self-evident truth'}, {'start': '961.199', 'end': '966.959', 'text': 'aligns with divine purpose, all opposing'}, {'start': '964.279', 'end': '969.519', 'text': 'forces, no matter how temporarily'}, {'start': '966.959', 'end': '974.040', 'text': 'powerful, eventually exhaust themselves'}, {'start': '969.519', 'end': '974.040', 'text': 'against its unstoppable reality.'}, {'start': '974.220', 'end': '977.849', 'text': '[Music]'}]