A God Who Trembles

Fear & Hope in the Poetry of Péguy

Jerry Ryan December 19, 2008 - 1:48pm

Benedict XVI’s encyclical Spe salvi, published a year ago, is magnificent as a theological lesson on the virtue of hope, drawing on Scripture and the church fathers to challenge the misplaced hopes of the modern world.

Nearly a century prior to Benedict’s letter, Charles Péguy (1873–1914)...

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Jerry Ryan joined the Little Brothers of Jesus in 1959. He lived and worked with them for more than two decades in Europe and South America. He and his family now live in Massachusetts.

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