I am reading an advance copy of a book by Charles Scribner (yes, of the publishing family). The book is really a kind of "New York read," but since Mr. Scribner is a Catholic (from age 19), and a daily Mass person to boot, there is a lot of faith resonance in it. Well, I found a fabulous reference in a passage I looked at today. Scribner is reminiscing about a sermon Bishop Sheen gave at Princeton, in which he commented on Jesus' enigmatic statement about his not bringing peace but a sword. According to Scribner, Sheen "explained that people who were not at war with the sinwithin themselves invariably turned their swords outward to strike at others."
What a thought for Lent.
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That's a fascinating comment when you apply it to the terrorists who began the current conflict.
We recently got a Catholic radio station here is Austin, and it plays a lot of Bishop Sheen's old programs. I was a little kid when he was on the television, and didn't pay much attention. It is stunning how brilliant and - frequently - prescient he was.
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