This episode is focused on grief. That is, loving and losing those whom we love, feeling acutely the absence of our beloved and the abiding ache to be reunited in fullness. We wonder: how is it that God--who we're told is love and the author of all beauty--would allow for such cause for mourning and sorrow?Today's episode looks at all this in reference to the life of St. Augustine and his mourning the death of three particular individuals in his life: a friend, his mother Monica, and his son, Adeodatus. The episode begins with my guest's own profound experience of loss and grief, and how the writings of Augustine shed some light on these oftentimes opaque mysteries. Joining the show today is Erika Kidd, Ph.D., who is Associate Professor of Catholic Studies and Director of the Graduate Program in Catholic Studies at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN. She studied philosophy, Latin, and great texts at Augustine College and Baylor University and received her Ph.D. in philosophy from Villanova University.Links:
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