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The New Manna is a Man!
On the Readings for Sunday, August 5, 2018 […]
Romano Guardini
Columns
What to do? Views from the past
Catholics today are in a difficult position. They have come to believe that active involvement in social and political life is a basic part of living the Faith. But the general conditions leading to that […]
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John 3:16 and the journey from darkness to light
On the Readings for March 11, 2018, the Fourth Sunday of Lent […]
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On Lent and “being alive when we die”
D.W. Winnicott (1896-1971) differed from most clinicians of his generation by not rejecting his Christian upbringing. Unlike Freud’s famous (and jejune) dismissal of religion, Winnicott realized that images and notions of God come naturally to […]
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Christ’s Sufferings and Ours: Good Friday reflections from Guardini’s “The Lord”
Editor’s note: This essay was originally published by CWR on April 19, 2019. The problem of suffering is one that has plagued and haunted humanity since the Fall of our first parents. Suffering prompts in […]
Books
The Late Hour: On Cardinal Sarah’s call to light and truth in a time of darkness
Some years ago, while on retreat with the Passionists, I listened to a Korean priest describe how he came to America. As a young man in Seoul he had money, girlfriends, a cool car, and […]
Essay
“We live in a devastated age”: Reflections from Guardini on being “Lost in Chaos”
In 1933 Romano Guardini published a small monograph consisting of three lectures around the subject of conscience. It was originally titled Das Gute, das Gewissen und die Sammlung – the good, conscience and inner composure. […]
Books
Revisiting “The Spirit of the Liturgy”
Last year was a year of many anniversaries. One that was perhaps less noticed was the fortieth anniversary of Ignatius Press. As part of that observance, its founder, Father Joseph Fessio, decided to reprint what […]
Essay
Why we need bishops who are neither accomodationists nor reactionaries
Nearly two decades ago, in another country, and on the eve of a prominent and much-watched episcopal appointment, I wrote a lengthy wish-list (for a small upstart Catholic journal that seems to have disappeared) outlining […]
Essay
The End and the Eucharist: Advent Wisdom from Newman and Knox
“There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and on earth nations will be in dismay, perplexed by the roaring of the sea and the waves.” —Luke 21:25 Mass shootings. Destructive […]