A Few Breaths: What Baby Margaret's Death Taught Me About Fear and Eternity
About this episode
Chris Stefanick reflects on fear and eternity through the story of baby Margaret's brief life.
What if you've been afraid of the wrong things your whole life? This week's Gospel has Jesus telling his disciples — who would go on to die gruesome deaths for their faith — "Do not be afraid." But he also tells them there is one thing worth fearing: the one who can throw both body and soul into Gehenna. Chris reflects on this Gospel from a deeply personal place, sharing the story of little Margaret — a baby whose skull didn't form fully in the womb, who lived only a few breaths, and whose brief life and faithful family changed her doctor's entire approach to this kind of thing. From the vantage point of eternity, Chris asks: what are we actually protecting when we let fear run our lives? In this reflection, Chris unpacks: - Why Jesus tells us not to fear — and what he actually means by it - The one fear that is good and why we've stopped talking about it - How fear of hell can actually be a gift that keeps us on the right path - Why most of our fears are centered around "the breath" and not the billion years that follow - What it looks like to fear the right thing when it comes to sharing your faith Whether your life is 90 years or a few breaths, from the perspective of…
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