Commentary by Ralph McInerny

I Was Young, and Now I Am Old
How have we come to regard the course of nature as unnatural?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dead Language
A Roger Knight mystery.

The Eucharist and Culture
He is everywhere, of course.

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

Dust Abhors a Vacuum
A Roger Knight Mystery

Thinking Backward
Trying to retrace memory is a bittersweet experience.