An Anthropology of Willpower and Grace | Ron Rolheiser

This is the second video in the series, "From Willpower to Grace: Overcoming Addiction, Obsession, and Resentment," delivered by Fr. Ron Rolheiser at Oblate School of Theology. The good that I want to do, I can’t do, and the evil I want to avoid, I end up doing. St. Paul uses those words to describe his own struggle and the struggle of all of us. We can’t stop ourselves from being overwhelmed at times by jealousy, obsessions, paranoia, wounds, bitterness, and the need for retaliation and revenge. We will the good, but often can’t do it. How do we change that? How do we source ourselves from some strength beyond us? This lecture series will try to give us some maps to help us find the means to move from fueling ourselves with dogged-willpower to being sourced by grace. Rev. Ron Rolheiser, OMI is a Roman Catholic priest, member of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate and president of Oblate School of Theology. Rolheiser is a theologian, professor, and award-winning author. Apart from his academic knowledge in systematic theology and philosophy, he has become a popular speaker in contemporary spirituality and religion and the secular world. He writes a weekly column that is carried in over 70 newspapers around the world. His latest work is Wrestling with God: Finding Hope and Meaning in Our Daily Struggles to be Human.