7 August 2021 | St. Cajetan | Eugene, Ore.

It’s a typical Saturday for me in the parish (though not for much longer!), and in between weddings and youth group meetings, I’m delighted to take this hour to talk with you about Tuor son of Huor and his coming to Gondolin—images of baptism and echoes of the prophets abound in this gloriously unfinished tale! Plus, we receive some hard-hitting spiritual direction from St. Cajetan, the fifteenth-century reformer, and I take a stab at a theology of departures.

Opening music: “Ave Maria,” composed by Tomás Luis de Victoria, sung by Hespèrion XX, dir. Jordi Savall, 1992. All rights reserved.