Oh, how I can relate! I think if Lewis was living in the 21st century, he’d agree that one of life’s sweetest sounds is the UPS truck stopping in front of your house with new Amazon boxes. Here’s what he wrote to his boyhood friend, Arthur Greeves: “I quite agree with what you say about …
Caryll Houselander: “We should never come to a sinner without the reverence that we would take to the Holy Sepulchre. Pilgrims have traveled on foot for years to kiss the Holy Sepulchre, which is empty. In sinners we can kneel at the tomb in which the dead Christ lies.”
“#2. Be Catholic yourself. You can’t give what you don’t have. Believe it, love it, live it. Don’t be ashamed of it, or worried about it. Actively assume it, like the air you breathe, so you don’t have to either push it, like a time share salesperson, or be skittery and worried about it, like …
“Books. I put out my hand, like one of Christ’s beggars, and I asked for books–books that are nourishment for the Catholic, apostolic and Roman minds of many young students. I put out my hand, like one of Christ’s beggars, and each time had it brushed heedlessly aside! Why, Jesus, can people not understand the …
And this is why Archbishop Chaput is one of the best bishops in the world. He just seems to “get” the whole Christian life, not over- or under-emphasizing any single facet. Here’s just one money quote from his World Youth Day address: “Ultimately, it will not be how you feel that will determine how genuine …
