{"id":81123,"date":"2021-05-11T00:15:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T07:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/?p=81123"},"modified":"2021-05-11T05:01:17","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T12:01:17","slug":"pwj-s4e62","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/2021\/05\/11\/pwj-s4e62\/","title":{"rendered":"PWJ: S4E62 &#8211; TSL 31 &#8211; &#8220;Blaze of glory&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/S4E62-TSL-31-YouTube.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/S4E62-TSL-31-YouTube.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/S4E62-TSL-31-YouTube.png 860w, https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/S4E62-TSL-31-YouTube-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/S4E62-TSL-31-YouTube-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Matt and David wrap up <em>The Screwtape Letters<\/em> and Wormwood&#8217;s patient goes home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>S4E62: &#8220;Blaze of Glory&#8221;<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/PWJ-S4E62.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/PWJ-S4E62.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-51396fab-e50d-4cf5-92e3-e840026c934b\">If you enjoy this episode, you can subscribe&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/TheEagleAndChildPodcast\" target=\"_blank\">manually<\/a>, or&nbsp;any place where good podcasts can be found&nbsp;(<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-eagle-and-child-podcast-restless-pilgrim\/id1289456381\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a>,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/music\/m\/Ixvobfgi2wk4rkdegdnbdqjjh44?t=The_Eagle_and_Child\" target=\"_blank\">Google Play<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Pints-with-Jack\/dp\/B08K57WLYB\/\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a>,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/podcast-detail\/wqkqe-5e798\/The+Eagle+and+Child\" target=\"_blank\">Podbean<\/a>,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/s?fid=159766&amp;refid=stpr\" target=\"_blank\">Stitcher<\/a>,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/The-Eagle-and-Child-p1079872\/\" target=\"_blank\">TuneIn<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/overcast.fm\/itunes1289456381\/pints-with-jack\" target=\"_blank\">Overcast<\/a>), as well as on&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCcYFlFuyOmYL6LcuicqzULw\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>. The roadmap for Season 4 is&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/pints-with-jack-season-4\/\">available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-a56ad4a8-f43a-4986-8d5f-09ffa487daa4\">More information about us can be found on our website,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pintswithjack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">PintsWithJack.com<\/a>. If you\u2019d like to support us and get fantastic gifts,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/pintswithjack\">please join us on Patreon<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-2882b493-f1aa-48ab-8db6-3c40f02265fc\">Timestamps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">00:00 \u2013 <em>Entering \u201cThe Eagle &amp; Child\u201d\u2026 <\/em><br>00:15 \u2013 <em>Welcome <\/em><br>00:46 \u2013 <em>Chit-Chat <\/em><br>08:01 \u2013 <em>Song-of-the-week <\/em><br>09:34 \u2013 <em>Quote-of-the-week <\/em><br>11:31 \u2013 <em>Drink-of-the-week <\/em><br>12:46 \u2013 <em>Patreon Toast <\/em><br>13:00 \u2013 <em>Chapter Summary <\/em><br>14:59 \u2013 <em>Discussion <\/em><br>36:25 \u2013 <em>Unscrewing Screwtape <\/em><br>38:15 \u2013 <em>\u201cLast Call\u201d Bell and Closing Thoughts<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-256e7e4a-897b-43e2-a2ed-609bf087c84b\">YouTube Version<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2K6vBvTyvg0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-a885e324-ccf9-42f2-9e03-3f3eb5dc7d6b\">After Show Skype Session<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">David interviewed writer Grayson Quay, chatting about his love for Lewis and a recent article he wrote about Jordan Peterson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SgduG-ofHXQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-27508392-5bf9-4ea7-9a6d-34a4e3476c70\">Show Notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chit-Chat<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Today we finish <em>The Screwtape Letters<\/em>! Matt offered a bit of a reflection on the experience. David shared some quotations he came across related to previous letters:<\/li><li>Back in Letter #15, the <em>\u201cDon\u2019t stop thinking about tomorrow\u201d<\/em> episode? We spoke about the past, present and future and&nbsp; the importance of the present because this is the place we can actually act. Well, my parish\u2019s bulletin recently included this quotation which made me think of it:<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cDon\u2019t give your present to the devil and your future to God\u201d <\/p><cite>St. Gregory the Theologian (Gregory of Nazianzus &#8211; 4th Century ECF)&nbsp;<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The next quotation I wanted to share relates to a subject of Fortitude, which was the subject of Letter #29, the \u201cFearless\u201d episode.&nbsp;I had posted on Facebook that episode\u2019s quote-of-the-week, where Screwtape says \u201ccourage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point\u201d And former guest of the show, Dr. Lepojarvi, commented that he thinks it\u2019s a mistake to take this as an argument that in Lewis&#8217;s hierarchy of virtues, courage stands atop (apparently various authors have argued for this). I agreed, suggesting that, in a similar way that Prudence is necessary to allow virtues to remain in balance, Courage allows them to remain at all when the pressure is turned up. A little later, he replied, saying that he just came across a quotation from Field Marshal Bill Slim which echoed this point and sounded very Lewisian. This is what he said in a broadcast in 1957:<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>QUOTATION<\/p><cite>TODO<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The final quotation I wanted to share comes from a recent episode of the <em>Clumsy Theosis<\/em> podcast, whose host, Richael, was my guest co-host last week.&nbsp;As I mentioned on that episode, Richael is currently doing a series on spiritual warfare and I thought this quotation from St. John Chrysostom (a contemporary of St. Gregory) was very appropriate as we wrap up <em>The Screwtape Letters<\/em>:<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>The Devil never proposes to us sins in their proper colors<\/em><\/p><cite>St. John Chrysostom, Homily 22<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Song-of-the-week<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>On to the song-of-the-week\u2026 In today\u2019s letter, the patient enters Heaven\u2026 So what song is most fitting? Listener John Marr had only one recommendation, the aria <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IOp7VLBYK3s\">\u201cUn bel d\u00ec, vedremo\u201d<\/a> (One fine day, we will see) from Puccini\u2019s <em>Madama Butterfly<\/em>, which he says he always hears when he reads this final letter and tears up\u2026<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IOp7VLBYK3s?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>I really was tempted to let this one win, but, as we heard last week, John is insistent upon the distinction between a song and an aria soooo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ylvuRp2IG-g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Blaze of Glory<\/a> by <em>Bon Jovi<\/em> it is!<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ylvuRp2IG-g?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seriously though, once again, <em>Un bel di <\/em>is gorgeous and you should listen to it\u2026(and it probably should be the song-of-the-week, but what are you going to do?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quote-of-the-week<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The quote-of-the-week is\u2026<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cYes. Of course. It always was like this. All horrors have followed the same course, getting worse and worse and forcing you into a kind of bottle-neck till, at the very moment when you thought you must be crushed, behold! you were out of the narrows and all was suddenly well. The extraction hurt more and more and then the tooth was out. The dream became a nightmare and then you woke. You die and die and then you are beyond death. How could I ever have doubted it?\u201d<\/p><cite>C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters (Letter #31)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Drink-of-the-week<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>To celebrate the end of the letters, the drink-of-the-week selections were <strong><em>Macallan 12<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>Lagavulin 16<\/em><\/strong> for Matt and David, respectively.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Patreon Toast<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>One of the benefits for Gold-level supporters on Patreon is that we toast one of them each episode. Today we are toasting <strong><em>Page Morin<\/em><\/strong>:<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The night is darkest before the dawn, so we pray that, wherever you are in your journey, that you know that the light is just around the corner.<\/p><cite>Toast for Page Morin<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chapter Summary<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>So, on to Letter #31, which was first published in <em>The Guardian <\/em>on <strong><em>28th November, 1941<\/em><\/strong>. I\u2019m allowed one hundred words for this summary, but I\u2019m not going to need them&#8230;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The patient died in an air raid. He is now out of Screwtape\u2019s reach. <br>He was greeted by angels and now looks upon the face of God. <br>Wormwood has failed. Screwtape has invited his nephew over for dinner&#8230;<\/p><cite>Chapter Summary for Letter #31<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Affectionate greeting<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Normally Screwtape begins all his letters as \u201cMy dear Woodwood\u201d. Today\u2019s is far creepier\u2026<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>My dear, my very dear, Wormwood, my poppet, my pigsnie, &#8230;<\/p><cite>C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters (Letter #31)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>These are some terms which might not be familiar to most people. They are both terms of endearment&#8230;<ul><li>\u201cPoppet\u201d is a variant of \u201cpuppet\u201d, implying that someone is like a little doll.<\/li><li>\u201cPigsnie\u201d possibly comes from Chaucer and may be a variation of \u201cpiga\u201d which means \u201cyoung maid\u201d in Anglo-Saxon.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Chomping at the bit<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Anyway, Screwtape reveals that Wormwood has lost the patient\u2019s soul.&nbsp;Whimpering, Wormwood had apparently asked Screwtape whether his uncle\u2019s affection meant nothing. Screwtape offers this \u201creassurance\u201d:<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Rest assured, my love for you and your love for me are as like as two peas. I have always desired you, as you (pitiful fool) desired me. The difference is that I am the stronger. I think they will give you to me now; or a bit of you. Love you? Why, yes. As dainty a morsel as ever I grew fat on.<\/p><cite>C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters (Letter #31)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Needless to say, this is going to be an awkward family dinner!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Finally clean<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Screwtape explains what happened to Wormwood\u2019s patient. At the moment of death he saw Wormwood:<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>There was a sudden clearing of his eyes (was there not?) as he saw you for the first time, and recognised the part you had had in him and knew that you had it no longer.&nbsp;<\/p><cite>C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters (Letter #31)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Screwtape compares the patient\u2019s transition to a scab of dead skin falling off, throwing off a wet, dirty garment. Screwtape says that it\u2019s bad enough to see humans enjoying a lovely hot bath, but that doesn\u2019t compare to this \u201ccomplete cleansing\u201d.<ul><li>Lewis was quite happy with a form of Purgatory and describes it in very similar terms in <em>Letters To Malcolm<\/em>:<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>&nbsp;\u201cOur souls demand Purgatory, don\u2019t they? Would it not break the heart if God said to us: \u2018It is true, my son, that your breath smells and your rags drip with mud and slime, but we are charitable here and no one will upbraid you with these things, nor draw away from you. Enter into the joy\u2019? Should we not reply, \u2018With submission, sir, and if there is no objection, I\u2019d rather be cleaned first.\u2019 \u2018It may hurt, you know\u2019 \u2013 \u2018Even so, sir.\u2019<\/em><\/p><cite><em>C.S. Lewis, Letters To Malcolm (Letter #20)<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>An easy exit<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What really seems to&nbsp; bug Screwtape is how easily he regards the patient\u2019s transition, no doctor visits or nursing home&#8230;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>One moment it seemed to be all our world; the scream of bombs, the fall of houses, the stink and taste of high explosive on the lips and in the lungs, the feet burning with weariness, the heart cold with horrors, the brain reeling, the legs aching; next moment all this was gone, gone like a bad dream, never again to be of any account.&nbsp;<\/p><cite>C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters (Letter #31)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s funny, we wouldn\u2019t typically regard this as an easy transition into the next life! We referred to an inscription at a monastery on Mount Athos:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Die-Greek.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"770\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Die-Greek.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Die-Greek.jpeg 770w, https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Die-Greek-300x171.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Die-Greek-768x438.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;or, in English&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Die-English.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Die-English-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Die-English-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Die-English-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Die-English-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Die-English-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Die-English-90x90.jpeg 90w, https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Die-English-75x75.jpeg 75w, https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Die-English.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Made for Heaven<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Screwtape says that this transition seemed natural to the patient&#8230;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8230;as if he\u2019d been born for it \u2014 the earth-born vermin entered the new life?<\/p><cite>C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters (Letter #31)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>He also comments on transformation in the patient\u2019s mind, saying that&#8230;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><s>How<\/s> all his doubts became, in the twinkling of an eye, ridiculous?<\/p><cite>C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters (Letter #31)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>He describes what Tolkien would call a Euchatastrophe:<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The extraction hurt more and more and then the tooth was out. The dream became a nightmare and then you woke. You die and die and then you are beyond death.<\/p><cite>C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters (Letter #31)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Angels and Demons<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Screwtape says that, not only did the patient see Wormwood, <em>&#8220;he also saw Them.&#8221;<\/em> While the patient looked upon the angels, Wormwood reeled back at their presence. All this offends Screwtape\u2019s sense of dignity, the idea that&#8230;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8230;this thing of earth and slime could stand upright and converse with spirits before whom you, a spirit, could only cower.&nbsp;<\/p><cite>C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters (Letter #31)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Matt referred to the TV Show, <a href=\"https:\/\/watch.angelstudios.com\/thechosen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Chosen<\/a>:<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K1-FoFj8Jbo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Matt alluded to this passage of Scripture:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, \u201cHere is a true Israelite. There is no duplicity in him.\u201d Nathanael said to him, \u201cHow do you know me?\u201d Jesus answered and said to him, \u201cBefore Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.\u201d Nathanael answered him, \u201cRabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel.\u201d<\/p><cite>John 1:47-49<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Even while the patient didn\u2019t know what the angels look like (and even doubted their existence), upon seeing them he immediately recognises the part they had played in his life, saying: <em>&#8220;So it was you all the time&#8221;<\/em> As they spoke, the patient was reminded of faint memories&#8230;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The dim consciousness of friends about him which had haunted his solitudes from infancy was now at last explained; that central music in every pure experience which had always just evaded memory was now at last recovered.<\/p><cite>C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters (Letter #31)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;and this entire scene takes place even before the limbs of the patient\u2019s corpse come to rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">God<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>However, the patient didn\u2019t just encounter angels&#8230; &#8220;<em>He saw not only Them; he saw Him.&#8221;<\/em> The patient beheld not only angels, but God. Once again, Screwtape\u2019s sense of dignity is rocked&#8230;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>This animal, this thing begotten in a bed, could look on Him. What is blinding, suffocating fire to you, is now cool light to him, is clarity itself, and wears the form of a Man.<\/p><cite>C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters (Letter #31)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This alludes to Daniel 7:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>As the visions during the night continued, I saw coming with the clouds of heaven<br><br>One like a son of man.<br>When he reached the Ancient of Days<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and was presented before him,<br>He received dominion, splendor, and kingship;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;all nations, peoples and tongues will serve him.<br>His dominion is an everlasting dominion<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;that shall not pass away,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;his kingship, one that shall not be destroyed.<\/p><cite>Daniel 7:13-14<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Wormwood would like to think that the patient\u2019s falling at Jesus\u2019 feet and recognition of his sin to be something horrible, but it\u2019s not. Screwtape says it\u2019s nothing like Wormwood\u2019s&#8230;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8230;choking and paralysing sensations when you encounter the deadly air that breathes from the heart of Heaven.&nbsp;<\/p><cite>C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters (Letter #31)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>&#8230;and once again we encounter the aroma which Screwtape has mentioned throughout this book and now we come to its source, God Himself. When we mentioned this before, listeners BB Smith and Lori Morrison both pointed us towards 2nd Corinthians:<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumph, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing, to one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things? <\/p><cite>2 Corinthians 2:14-16<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The future<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Screwtape ends this section by saying something rather interesting about the patients\u2019 future:<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Pains he may still have to encounter, but they embrace those pains. They would not barter them for any earthly pleasure.&nbsp;<\/p><cite>C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters (Letter #31)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Out of Hell&#8217;s reach<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Screwtape ends his final letter by saying that Wormwood now has nothing with which to tempt the patient. All of those good things of earth just don\u2019t compare with what the patient&nbsp; is now experiencing. I have to read the next section verbatim:<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>All the delights of sense, or heart, or intellect, with which you could once have tempted him, even the delights of virtue itself, now seem to him in comparison but as the half nauseous attractions of a raddled harlot would seem to a man who hears that his true beloved whom he has loved all his life and whom he had believed to be dead is alive and even now at his door.<\/p><cite>C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters (Letter #31)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Screwtape is bewildered at the economy of Heaven. He doesn\u2019t understand grace or what is going on&#8230;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>If only we could find out what He is really up to! &#8230; Sometimes I am almost in despair. All that sustains me is the conviction that our Realism, our rejection&#8230; of all silly nonsense and claptrap, must win in the end.&nbsp;<\/p><cite>C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters (Letter #31)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>I\u2019d love to quote <em>The Last Battle<\/em> here, but Matt hasn\u2019t read it yet, but I\u2019d encourage all listeners to go and read the final few pages of it after finishing Screwtape.<\/li><li>Screwtape ends his letter&#8230;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Meanwhile, I have you to settle with. Most truly do I sign myself Your increasingly and ravenously affectionate uncle&#8230;<\/p><cite>C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters (Letter #31)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Unscrewing Screwtape<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Matt had some suggestions<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Do&#8230; maintain hope when you are struggle &#8211; recognize you are being cleansed \/ purged of your false self; your ego<\/li><li>Do&#8230; not substitute lesser goods for the ultimate Good<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Rather than offering some do\u2019s and don\u2019ts, I thought I\u2019d just quote the final few sentences of <em>Mere Christianity<\/em>, since Lewis\u2019 exhortation at the end of the book really is the best advice we could offer:<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Give up your self, and you will find your real self. Lose your life and you will save it. Submit to death, death of your ambitions and favourite wishes every day and death of your whole body in the end: submit with every fibre of your being, and you will find eternal life. Keep back nothing. Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours. Nothing in you that has not died will ever be raised from the dead. Look for yourself, and you will find in the long run only hatred, loneliness, despair, rage, ruin, and decay. But look for Christ and you will find Him, and with Him everything else thrown in.<\/p><cite><em>C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity (Book IV, Chapter 11)<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Fr. 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