Fr. Gregory Pine

That's it.

So we want to cultivate good growth.

And there might be weeds that crop up, but the idea is that they'll get kind of forced to the periphery.

And then it'll be easier to identify, easier to root out by God's gift.

So yeah, just like telling the truth is something so basic, but there's a recognition that the only way in which we can genuinely share is on the basis of the truth.

Because if I project some false notion of who I am, you know, let's say that I tell you that I like, I know a lot about New York sports.

I don't know anything about New York sports.

I hate New York sports teams.

Not because of anything they've done to me, but just like who they are, you know?

You will.

Sorry, it's a digression.

No, it's great.

It's a good digression.

So, yes, so...

if I were to pretend to be other than I am, that's not real communion.

You know, it's just like, I'd always be insecure in the sense like, if he finds out that I'm actually a Philadelphia sports fan, he's going to know that I come from a kind of strange middle-class town where people use the F word, not just as a point of exclamation, but also as a conjunction, as a verb, as a noun, as a, I mean, it comes in as commas sometimes, you know, it's just like,

You know, it's like it's somewhat of a crass city.

I'm not going to impress anyone by the fact of being from Philadelphia, except for Philadelphians, you know, because it's kind of a cult.

They're hardcore about it.

Yeah, exactly.