Roman Catholic and Christian: Wit and wisdom from America's beloved pastor

Thursday, July 9, 2020

Wit and wisdom from America's beloved pastor

Among advocates of the
Catholic Faith, none is more
beloved and respected today than
Father George Rutler.

His wise and witty prose
commands the attention of loyal
readers worldwide who look to this
gifted author for clear catechesis
within a cultivated and engaging
historical context.

These carefully chosen extracts
from Fr. Rutler’s writings highlight
the range and brilliant thinking that has
made this New York parish priest
such a treasured icon.

In what amounts to a
distillation of a lifetime’s work, this
prized volume reflects all the qualities
that admirers of Father Rutler
have come to love:

His deep and consistent faith
His incisive sense of history
His sharp wit

His pastoral solicitude for the spiritual well-being of his readers
And his ebullient dedication to the salvation of souls

In our day, many Catholic
apologists have dwelt on the essential
joy of Our Lord and His care for our eternal
happiness, but none with the level of
pleasantry and sophistication
of Father Rutler.

For those seeking reading that
will instruct and inspire, charm
and delight, The Wit and Wisdom of
Father George Rutler will become your
trusted and indispensable companion.

From the mind of Fr. Rutler:

"What matters is not when the world will end, or even when we will end, but rather the fact that we will end, and by God’s grace be raised in glory."
"Envy may be a lamentable attitude of the capitalist, but only as a moral accident; it is the socialist’s essential motivation."
"The history of false religions is a catalogue of how they confuse truth with emotion and then fall into decay when sentimentality no longer sustains them."
"The concept of sacrifice, alien to a culture of self-assertion, is the foundation of moral strength."
"The prince of lies fears the Cross because it conquers him."
"Neglect of the aesthetics of worship is not remedied by the worship of aesthetics."