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Video: The Spiritual Exercises
What risks of the heart are worth taking?
Therese Franzese was an assistant at the Metropolitan Opera. Terence Netter was an artist and Jesuit priest. They wanted to marry, but he’d taken a vow of celibacy. This is a story of love prevailing against all odds.
A film by Lloyd Kramer and Scott Chestnut.
Read the story here: nyti.ms/37p78QJ
Running time: 17 minutes
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Photo: NY Times
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A deeply humane thing to watch. Thanks.
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Thanks, Lex. I think so as well.
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Wow! I loved this. I wish I weren’t envious of people who still have each other in old age.
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Yes, it is a blessing to have someone to share one’s life with in old age, but it doesn’t have to be a spouse. It can be a friend or sibling or grown child… You’ve been blessed in this way, no?
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Beautiful. Thank you.
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