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A close-up of the coffin of EWTN Foundress Mother Angelica at her Solemn Funeral Mass of Christian Burial on April 1, 2016 at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Hanceville, AL. The Mass was presided by Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia, PA. (photo: Jeff Bruno / EWTN)
REGISTER BOOK PICK: If we do not have a clear idea of our final end, then we will not know how to begin living.
By Father Paul Scalia, National Catholic Register, March 13, 2021
Things Worth Dying For: Thoughts on a Life Worth Living
By Charles J. Chaput, Henry Holt, 2021, 272 pages, 25.99, To order: amazon.com
“On your walls, Jerusalem, I have set my watchmen to guard you” (Isaiah 62:6).
For decades Archbishop Charles Chaput served as a strong prophetic voice for the Church in the United States. He was that watchman on the walls of Jerusalem — discerning and proclaiming the truth for God’s people. Although retired now for over a year, he still continues that good work. His important new book, Things Worth Dying For: Thoughts on a Life Worth Living, is the voice of the watchman. It is an extended reflection on where we come from, where we are now, and where we should want to go if life is to have meaning.
Early on in the book the archbishop uses the phrase “memories of things worth dying for.” It is a curious expression to the modern mind. Memory and death don’t mean much to us. We don’t have much use for the past and we try to cheat death constantly. It is hard to think of a culture more disconnected from its own past and more fearful of death. …
