The renowned painting, ‘Et in Arcadia ego’ refers to the presence of death even in the paradise of Arcadia. Evelyn Waugh famously named the first part of Brideshead Revisited after it.
And yet it still remains present, defeating the fevered attempts of scientists to defeat it.
We have destroyed a hundred diseases, but our minds grow sicker than ever, and our
bodies more addicted to
cruel substances.
We cannot escape death, and we cannot ignore.
All that we can hope for as Catholics is that God will grant us a good death.
Beyond that, nothing else
much matters.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: WILSON GAVIN is a nineteen year old Australian Catholic.
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