By Thomas Griffin, Crisis Magazine - The intellectual life, if shaped by the faith, will be the food of mental prayer... Aristotle once wrote that “all men by nature desire to know.” This is how he began the introduction to his Metaphysics. This is the pursuit of philosophy, but it is lived out inside the heart and mind of every human being. We all crave answers because our mind is created to receive the truth. That is why the truth captivates us... These principles have been validated in my experience over the last two years at my parish.