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Visiting David often these past couple of years, our conversations never failed to turn to the great DBH, thanking God for the literary light and mystical vision that God has produced in you. I knew David as a young seminarian and priest in the late 1970’s, unable at that time to appreciate his philosophical genius. We saw each other episodically in Bangladesh and elsewhere over the years, but reconnected three years ago by which time I had re-discovered his prescient explication of Aquinas and was thoroughly immersed in your literary oeuvre. Our meetings at Holy Cross House were hour-long sessions basking in the intuition of being and the miracle of the ever-present creative, redemptive Now of God. My little books on Presence seemed to please him beyond what I could have imagined, and he said they complemented in a simple way what he spent his life saying in such a sophisticated way. You were always the trinitarian presence-in-absence in our conversations in David’s last days, and you are exactly right: there can be no doubt that David has been incorporated into the incomprehensible Beauty, Love and Bliss that every word he wrote was straining to express. I am so very happy you put this out in his honor. The love and beauty that inspires you is what he now knows as we desire.

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He mentioned you appreciatively to me on more than one occasion too.

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Αιώνια η μνήμη.

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You have a good and kind spirit, Mr. Hart. I'm sorry your suffering includes the loss of such a quality of friend. May you feel lifted from these sad times when most needed.

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Many thanks.

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May he go from strength to strength in God's perfect service.

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Oct 3, 2023·edited Oct 3, 2023

I'm sorry for your loss. He seemed like a great person that affected a lot of people.

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A beautiful tribute.

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With the saints, O Christ, give rest to the soul of your servant, where there is no sickness, nor sorrow, nor sighing, but life everlasting.

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You know you're insightful when David Bentley hart admires you.

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Memory Eternal!

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Memory eternal!

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May the memory of this great man live eternally in the mind of The Father, in whose love he has surely been granted rest. I am sorry for your loss, Dr. Hart.

Christ is risen! Amin.

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Interesting, he shared my birthday, March 1, and was exactly 60 years older than I am.

I wonder if there’s a sign there.

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So very sorry. I love Burrell's work - and Sara Grant's. Any chance we'll see your last conversation with him?

Memory eternal.

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My conversation was not a Zoom recording. It came during my last visit to him over at the care facility for retired Holy Cross priests, ten minutes from my home.

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Sorry to hear of their loss, May he Rest In Peace.

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