The good news for anyone whose literary tastes have been strongly influenced by the Catholic novels of Graham Greene, Evelyn Waugh, Francois Mauriac, Georges Bernanos and more is this: The new Alice McDermott novel, ‘Absolution,’ has arrived.
Robert E. Lauder
The Rev. Robert E. Lauder is a priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn and a professor of philosophy at St. John’s University, N.Y. He is the author of several books, including Pope Francis’ Profound Personalism and Poverty and Pope Francis’ Spirituality and Our Story.
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How centering prayer has helped me face anxiety, the pandemic and my most vulnerable moments
Centering prayer helps me find those places in my heart where God’s grace is playing.
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How a young atheist and a priest who lost his faith made me a better evangelizer
The first step in an evangelizing relationship is that the evangelizer be evangelized.
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Over 50 years as a priest I have read many profound books of theology and philosophy, from Jean Mouroux’s The Meaning of Man to Jacques Maritain’s True Humanism to Romano Guardini’s The Church and the Catholic and The Spirit of the Liturgy. These books deeply affected me because th
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Woody Allen’s World: The bleak, brilliant vision of ‘Blue Jasmine’
The bleak, brilliant vision of ‘Blue Jasmine’
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In Search of Beauty: The poetry of Terrence Malick’s ‘To the Wonder’
Terrence Malick’s ‘To the Wonder’ is a demanding but ultimately richly rewarding film.
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His Catholic Conscience: Sin and grace in the work of Martin Scorsese
Sin and grace in the work of Martin Scorsese
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Faith Before Fatherland: Ludi Boeken’s ‘Saviors in the Night’
‘Saviors in the Night’ captures the terror of the Holocaust without ever taking us to the concentration camps.
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Our Sacred Selves: The mystery of the human body
Jacques Maritain once said the face is naturally sacred. Yet so is the whole body.