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Choose one only to write about and identify which one you ar…

Choose one only to write about and identify which one you are answering by its number.  Choose a topic/question you have not written about in a reflection.   1) Why is “contented worldliness” one of Screwtape’s most effective weapons? 2)  Which of the 7 deadly sins (lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, pride) did you discover in reading Screwtape Letters or The Great Divorce to be most present in your life and how has this discovery provided a new perspective about what can be done to address it?   3) What distinctions does Lewis make between Heaven and Hell The Great Divorce,that seem most significant to you? 4) Given the story that you now know, explain what the title, Till We Have Faces, means. 5) Matt. 5:8 “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” Discuss what this Beatitude means within the context of Till We Have Faces. 6) What, specifically, has The Four Loves added to your understanding about your specific relationships with others and with God? 7)  Why is it that both giving and receiving unconditional love, Agape, are important?

Identify the speaker:  “To love, and to lose what we love, a…

Identify the speaker:  “To love, and to lose what we love, are equally things appointed for our nature. If we cannot bear the second well, that evil is ours …. Chastity, temperance, prudence, meekness, clemency, valour–and though fame is froth, yet, if we should recon it at all, a name that stands with Iphigenia’s and Antigone’s.”