Theology Day 2024: True Happiness: Wisdom of the Heart
Document Type
Presentation
Publication Date
2024
Abstract
How do we find meaning in our lives? Is it a calculus of joy and sorrow, of victory and defeat? What is worth dying for? These deep questions lie just below the surface of our daily experience and can crop up when we least expect them. How we address these questions of meaning can make all the difference as to whether we are happy or sorrowful. How do I handle disappointment? How do I keep my elation over significant accomplishments in perspective? Maintaining balance in our lives as we strive to know and love God and our neighbor requires ongoing attention in the confidence that God is accompanying, guiding, and strengthening us. We will focus on Psalm 90 and Ecclesiastes 12 to better understand what it means to “gain wisdom of heart” in the limited number of years granted to us on this earth.
Fr. Dale Launderville, OSB, is professor of theology and former Dean at Saint John’s Graduate School of Theology and Seminary. He received a Master of Divinity from Saint John’s in 1979 and a doctorate from The Catholic University of America in 1987. He has been working on a two-volume commentary on the Book of Ezekiel.
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Recommended Citation
Launderville, Dale OSB, "Theology Day 2024: True Happiness: Wisdom of the Heart" (2024). Theology Day Lectures. 7.
https://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/sot_theology_day/7