Embracing Resilience: David Goggins’ “Can’t Hurt Me” as a Model for Parish Priests in Pastoral Care

In the demanding world of pastoral ministry, parish priests often navigate a landscape fraught with emotional, spiritual, and physical challenges. From counseling grieving families to visiting the sick, managing parish operations, and maintaining their own spiritual health, the role requires unyielding commitment that can lead to burnout. David Goggins, a former Navy SEAL, ultra-endurance athlete, and author of the...

GREETINGS

There is an aesthetic ugliness.

But there is also an uglification that is constructed to please or delight a certain privileged group.

- Fr Victor Ferrao