The Unreading of the Guston

Without faith we soften the faith this is what you're going to get. And one of the problems that you point to is the loss of the memory of the martyrs and saints. You say they live in a pastless present that afflicts them so much. St. Augustine spilled a lot of ink lamenting his classical education when he could have been doing other things. He said hey you know you can be playing Tetris probably dating myself by referring to that game. But we see this again we come back to the Christmas fact what we do with our bodies and souls in time now has eternal significance.