In these brilliant essays the renowned writer and churchman Fr.
He says that the gremlin that haunts our Times is ignorance and a failure to recall and to understand the trials of the past..
An underlying theme is his dismay at the lack of historical perspective.
Rutler comments on the confusion in the Church and the chaos in Western societies, which are not without precedent but are on a uniquely global scale.
With insight and wit, with breadth and depth, Fr.
His writings on the issues of our day are neither pessimistic nor optimistic, because they are infused with the confidence that God grants us his peace and no earthly circumstance can take it away.
George Rutler addresses our current causes of anxiety and our never-changing, ever-new reasons for hope.
In these brilliant essays the renowned writer and churchman Fr
