The Hound of Heaven
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Oct 13, 2026
Lisa Valentine ClarkHOST
I do too, and that there's a lot of good-
Pete HolmesGUEST
You know that poem, The Hound of Heaven?
Lisa Valentine ClarkHOST
Yes.
Pete HolmesGUEST
Where it's like, so God is like a-
Pete HolmesGUEST
... a dog chasing you? I think you could say love or truth is chasing you.
Lisa Valentine ClarkHOST
Okay, this is Lisa just popping in here.
Lisa Valentine ClarkHOST
The Hound of Heaven, if you haven't read it, is a poem in which Francis Thompson writes about God's consistent, relentless love for us and our souls, and His grace, like a hound following a scent.
Lisa Valentine ClarkHOST
It was written in 1893, and a lot of people refer to it as a way to describe God and his grace.
Alok PandeyHOST
See where bhakti can go.
Alok PandeyHOST
This is exactly one of the poems of Francis Thomas, The Hound of Heaven.
Alok PandeyHOST
Of course, it's a little bit different.
Alok PandeyHOST
Sri Aurobindo greatly praises the poem that God is looking for us.
Alok PandeyHOST
So in this story, Shri Krishna sees that the lovers, his lovers, his worshippers, they are lost.
Alok PandeyHOST
So see this idea of lost cows, later on Christianity copy pasted all these symbols.
Alok PandeyHOST
So when Akrur comes, Krishna and Balram not only welcome him.
Alok PandeyHOST
Look at the humility.
Erwin LutzerHOST
Amen.
Erwin LutzerHOST
You remember that poem, The Hound of Heaven? I looked it up the other day and discovered it's a very long poem, also discovered that it was written by Francis Thompson in England who was an opium addict.
Erwin LutzerHOST
And he would sleep outside, he was basically disowned, and people didn't realize that he was actually a great poet and later on some of his poems were published.
Erwin LutzerHOST
But in The Hound of Heaven he talks about how God pursued him.
Erwin LutzerHOST
And he says, and you all know probably the opening lines, I fled him down the nights and down the days.
Erwin LutzerHOST
I fled him down the arches of the years.
Erwin LutzerHOST
And C.S. Lewis said, that's the way I felt.
Erwin LutzerHOST
I tried to get away from God.
Erwin LutzerHOST
Amen.
Erwin LutzerHOST
You remember that poem, The Hound of Heaven? I looked it up the other day and discovered it's a very long poem, also discovered that it was written by Francis Thompson in England, who was an opium addict.
Erwin LutzerHOST
And he would sleep outside, he was basically disowned, and people didn't realize that he was actually a great poet, and later on some of his poems were published.
Erwin LutzerHOST
But in The Hound of Heaven, he talks about how God pursued him.
Erwin LutzerHOST
And he says, and you all know probably the opening lines, I fled him down the nights and down the days.
Erwin LutzerHOST
I fled him down the arches of the years.
Erwin LutzerHOST
And C.S. Lewis said, that's the way I felt.
Erwin LutzerHOST
I tried to get away from God.
Marcus PeterHOST
There was this British poet named Francis Thompson, and he has a magnificent poem that Fulton Sheen illustrates in his book, Your Life is Worth Living, that gripped me.
Marcus PeterHOST
It's called The Hound of Heaven.
Marcus PeterHOST
I'm not going to read all of it, but I want to highlight one part.
Marcus PeterHOST
But with unhurrying chase and unperturbed pace, deliberate speed, majestic instancy, they beat and a voice beat, more instant than the feet.
Marcus PeterHOST
All things betray thee who betrayest me.
Marcus PeterHOST
And the narrative here is that God is the hound of heaven.
Marcus PeterHOST
that relentlessly pursues, but in doing so, he never wavers.
Marcus PeterHOST
It is a pace that is constant, it is a pace that is unyielding, and he will not stop until we are within his embrace.