Thoughts of Brianna

Showing posts with label nostos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nostos. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Wandering or Homecoming. Or, Luke Skywalker vs Odysseus

Like lots of Internet conversations nowadays, it all started with something Pope Francis said. If you use a Magnificat, you might have read it in the "Day by Day" for October 13.

"There is a phenomenology of nostalgia, nóstos algos, feeling called home, the experience of feeling attracted to what is most proper for us, most consonant with our being...." - Jorge Bergoglio