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Lord of the Rings fans? Therefore [Iluvatar] willed that the hearts of Men should seek beyond the world and should find no rest therein (J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarilion, 36). This short passage from J.R.R. Tolkiens The Silmarilion possesses such immense truth in regards to the very core of what it means to be human...This is reminiscent of one of Saint Augustine’s most famous quotations found in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, for you have made us for yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in you (CCC 30)....Tolkien asserts that men are not created to dwell here forever, but to pass on to another realm where their heart can have true rest.
Posted on: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 19:40:20 +0000

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