Godsplaining BONUS: Humility, Slaves in the Old Testament, the Problem of Evil, & Learning to Laugh
Apr 25, 2026
A lively live Q&A covers humility, penance, and practicing the lowly way of life. They tackle why servitude appears in Scripture and distinguish it from modern slavery. The problem of evil and natural suffering gets a clearheaded treatment. Lively detours include marriage essentials, discerning vocation, spiritual growth, and a goofy debate over the greatest toad.
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Humility Often Comes Through Humiliation
- Humility often arrives through humiliation rather than pleasant effort.
- Fr. Bonaventure recounts praying “Lord, give me humility” then realizing God answers with humiliating experiences to form the virtue.
Non Consummation Doesn't Void A Valid Marriage
- A valid sacramental marriage requires valid consent, openness to children, and permanence even if not yet consummated.
- Fr. Gregory explains non-consummation doesn't invalidate marriage if consummation wasn't intentionally excluded.
Old Testament Slavery Was Different From Chattel Slavery
- Old Testament slavery differs from modern chattel slavery and often served as punitive or protective indenture.
- Fr. Gregory distinguishes wartime prisoners and persons selling themselves for sustenance from 16th-century chattel slavery.
