Commentary by Ralph McInerny

Thinking Backward
Trying to retrace memory is a bittersweet experience.

Dust Abhors a Vacuum
A Roger Knight Mystery

Mountain Man
It is good to settle down again with this marvelous and saintly author.

The Eucharist and Culture
He is everywhere, of course.

Dead Language
A Roger Knight mystery.

The Faithful Departed
A holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead.

O the Mind has Mountains
Our only hope for doing better before it's too late.

The Essential Tourist
What we find quaint is only the quotidian for the natives.

Waiting for Spring
Among the basic metaphors of human life are the seasons.

On Being a Catholic Writer
Not a falling away from an ideal, but the way to fulfill the ideal completely.

On the Two Kinds of Writers
Perhaps the line of division is really not that sharp.

On the Two Kinds of Writers
Perhaps the line of division is really not that sharp.