In most books," Cardinal Newman warned, "Christian conduct is made grand, elevated, and splendid; so that anyone who only knows of true religion from books, and not from actual endeavors to be religious, is sure to be offended at religion when he actually comes upon it." This skepticism makes Newman’s prose all the more enjoyable and makes his Apologia all the more comp (...)
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Books
God at the Ritz | Steps along the Way | Father Mychal Judge
Attraction to InfinityLorenzo AlbaceteCrossroad Publishing, $19.95, 192 pp.Steps along the WayA Spiritual AutobiographyDiogenes AllenChurch Publishing Incorporated, $13.95, 134 pp.Father Mychal JudgeAn Authentic American HeroMichael FordPaulist Press, $19.95, 176 pp.
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