April 5, 2020
There’s a story of a man who after his death found himself at the gate of heaven. Before him stood an angel staring at him silently.
March 29, 2020
Gabriel Marcel, French playwright, theatre critic, and philosopher of whom I am fond: he said something once I’ve always believed to be true. He said, “To love…is to say thou wilt never die.”[1] Think about that.
March 20, 2020
It may make you feel better to know that even the great Saint Augustine thought this gospel reading a bit long.
March 14, 2020
Just before his death, so the story goes, Saint Augustine excommunicated himself.
March 8, 2020
It’s a common custom, among some, to take up a little extra reading in Lent—something different, something spiritual, something to open the mind and the heart. I do this; I try at least to read something good for the soul, something different, something I’ve not read before or not for a long time. It’s good for […]
March 1, 2020
Simone Weil, that strange and beautiful philosopher, simply called it “attention.” That was the key to the heart of things for her; “attention,” the mark of genuine Christianity, genuine philosophy, genuine religion. It was, for her, the only way to open oneself to the divine, everything else being something of a sham. “The quality of attention […]