Maybe if Peter was paid a living wage, had rent that wasn’t price fixed, wasn’t at the mercy of artificial inflation, could afford to buy a home without an outrageous interest rate, a retirement age and pension that could support his retirement, and had all the economical advantages the boomers had… he wouldn’t be in a bar drinking himself into an early grave.
The real offender is the Benedictine College for pushing this nonsense, and not issuing an apology. I thought it was curious he used the word “vocation” so frequently. I noticed on the College’s press page, they also used this word in the article announcing he would be doing the commencement speech.
From their press page (emphasis mine):
By grounding himself in his vocation as a husband and father, Butker says he has been able to use his platform to push others to greater heights.
Examples of this word “vocation” in his speech.
focusing on my own vocation, and how I can be a better father and husband
Being locked in with your vocation and staying in your lane is going to be the surest way for you to find true happiness and peace in this life.
(Stay in your lane, ladies)
I can tell you that my beautiful wife Isabelle would be the first to say that her life truly started when she began living her vocation as a wife and as a mother.
I’m on this stage today and able to be the man I am because I have a wife who leans into her vocation.
there is nothing natural about Catholic birth control. It is only in the past few years that I have grown encouraged to speak more boldly and directly, because as I mentioned earlier, I have leaned into my vocation as a husband and father and as a man.
constant striving for virtue within your vocation, you too can be a saint