What do you think Corita Kent thought about hell? Like, did it exist for her as a symbol or idea or maybe a real, described place (defeated or not)? Also wonder what you make of the word these days but there is no pressure here, and also it’s potentially a ginormous question that requires a lot more context.
I don't know. But I can imagine her leaning toward something like what Pope Francis said recently. Someone asked him what he thought about hell & he said, "I hope it's empty." I do too. I also think kind of is and will be. I want to honor the mysteries by not trying to explain them away. I was recently asked to complete my own prompt ("I used to think..."). I went with this: "I used to think most people are doomed. I now think I believe everyone will be healed." I hope it and...I also imagine a lot of people are in all kinds of hell and I don't want to make light of it. I don't want to shrug off anyone's suffering. This is a bit of a ramble now. Thank you for the prompt. Happy to say more if you want me to.
Thank you, that all resonates and you can definitely say more if you want.
I don’t have a follow up question right now but the dissonance of simultaneous existence of loving God AND of active fiery after-death hell was probably the unnameable source of a lot of anxiety and sadness for me growing up, I am always curious what a person thinks about “hell.”
Leaving mysteries alone in that sense also resonates, focusing on what is happening here and now (tho of course that intersects with how some view hell, and on and on..)
..also this is all in the vein of your Nobodaddy substack from a while back, so need to revisit that. Is tough to think Kent would have that view of God/hell.
Could I ask you a Corita Kent related question?
Alex, I wish you would.
What do you think Corita Kent thought about hell? Like, did it exist for her as a symbol or idea or maybe a real, described place (defeated or not)? Also wonder what you make of the word these days but there is no pressure here, and also it’s potentially a ginormous question that requires a lot more context.
I don't know. But I can imagine her leaning toward something like what Pope Francis said recently. Someone asked him what he thought about hell & he said, "I hope it's empty." I do too. I also think kind of is and will be. I want to honor the mysteries by not trying to explain them away. I was recently asked to complete my own prompt ("I used to think..."). I went with this: "I used to think most people are doomed. I now think I believe everyone will be healed." I hope it and...I also imagine a lot of people are in all kinds of hell and I don't want to make light of it. I don't want to shrug off anyone's suffering. This is a bit of a ramble now. Thank you for the prompt. Happy to say more if you want me to.
Thank you, that all resonates and you can definitely say more if you want.
I don’t have a follow up question right now but the dissonance of simultaneous existence of loving God AND of active fiery after-death hell was probably the unnameable source of a lot of anxiety and sadness for me growing up, I am always curious what a person thinks about “hell.”
Leaving mysteries alone in that sense also resonates, focusing on what is happening here and now (tho of course that intersects with how some view hell, and on and on..)
..also this is all in the vein of your Nobodaddy substack from a while back, so need to revisit that. Is tough to think Kent would have that view of God/hell.
I feel confident Kent didn't. She and Daniel Berrigan were friends and, I think, on the same page.
Ken Burns and his films are national treasures. I've watched a good number of them but just finished viewing The War for the first time.
Thank you. This gives me so much to think about that feels liberating.