The season of humiliation, which precedes Easter, lasts for forty days, in memory of our Lord's long fast in the wilderness. . . .

Cultural conservatives face a time when it is not simply a question of debating the nature of our culture on some commonly agreed foundation.  It is a time when we face the complete transformation of our culture into an anti-culture.

The pilings on the east side of the Brooklyn Bridge are on the spot where the great Father of Our Country, having evacuated eight thousand Continental troops after their defeat in the Battle of Long Island, boarded the last small boat. 

Those who live only for pleasure become cynical in middle age.

My priest criticized me for kneeling for Communion. Was he right? Also, withholding money from the collection, and lesser known Catholic authors.

To remember this or that historical era, it is convenient to mark its beginning with a particular year, even though the year may be somewhat arbitrary.  

In art, the Bible scholar Saint Jerome is often depicted as a cardinal, along with a lion that looks like a Cheshire cat because the artist had not seen a real lion. 

Religion, they say, is an escape, but it is the only escape that they do not try.

My main purpose in writing this book is to shine fresh light on several fundamental and irreplaceable aspects of the good life, as well as on the specific threats they face today and tomorrow.

By surrender to God I mean giving oneself up to God, to be transformed in him.