When I walk into an Orthodox Church... one is immediately aware that one has stepped into the presence of what St. Paul would call the whole family in heaven and earth. You have stepped into the precincts of heaven! — Thomas Howard Copy Share Image
“Its [Narnia's] fabric is shot through with glory. There is no peak, no valley, no sea or forest, but bears the weight of this… — Thomas Howard Copy Share Image
“I have been offered the noble opportunity to join my voice with that of the Crucified as He cries out, 'Father, forgive them.” — Thomas Howard Copy Share Image
“Mass celebrated on the hood of a jeep with shells bursting all around is as much the Mass as the liturgy celebrated in St… — Thomas Howard Copy Share Image
When I walk into an Orthodox Church... one is immediately aware that one has stepped into the presence of what St. Paul would call… — Thomas Howard Copy Share Image
That religious earnestness forever tends toward fright and hence towards brittleness and inquisition is clear enough in mythology and history. — Thomas Howard Copy Share Image
“Everything depends on what is being enacted. Enactment itself, since it is almost synonymous with ceremony, is, as we have seen, part of the… — Thomas Howard Copy Share Image
“The flesh,' as Saint Paul used the term, refers, ironically, not to our bodies but to fallen human nature. The 'carnal' spirit is the… — Thomas Howard Copy Share Image
“But evil is always illusion. It insists on the lie that we can have something for ourselves. This is the sole principle at work… — Thomas Howard Copy Share Image