Why We Love Distractions

Friends, why do we love being distracted from the important things of life? The great French philosopher Blaise Pascal observed, “The sole cause of man’s unhappiness is that he does not know how to stay quietly in his room.”

On today’s episode of “The Word on Fire Show,” Brandon Vogt and I discuss why it is so hard to be still and contemplate reality, and how we can get better at it.

A listener asks, what are some things laity can do to build unity in the Church?

00:00 | Intro
01:24 | Bishop Barron at World Youth Day (Lisbon, Portugal)
02:02 | Blaise Pascal and the quiet room
06:25 | Why diversions are so dangerous
08:36 | Why we want to be busy and distracted
11:43 | Distinguishing between leisure and diversions
14:01 | Fleeing diversions in the desert
16:00 | How Bishop Barron escapes diversions
19:45 | Listener question
21:18 | New Book - "Saintly Creatures"

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Bishop Barron at World Youth Day: https://www.wordonfire.org/wyd/

"Christianity for Modern Pagans: Pascal’s Pensees Edited, Outlined, and Explained": https://amzn.to/45YPDT5

"Saintly Creatures: 14 Tales of Animals and Their Holy Companions": https://bit.ly/45WSEmG

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