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Msgr. Knox and the Word of the Lord, by John Emmet Clarke – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Msgr. Knox and the Word of the Lord, by John Emmet Clarke

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Msgr. Ronald Knox (1888-1957) [photo via The Ronald Knox Society]

By John Emmet Clarke, The Catholic Thing, Dec, 20, 2024

John Emmet Clarke is editor-in-chief of Cluny Media, a publishing house devoted to recovering neglected texts in the Catholic and Western traditions. Learn more about Cluny and its catalog here. He is also the author of a Substack newsletter, Lord of Indiscipline.

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“The Word of the Lord” is a phrase regularly and reliably heard throughout the Church Year. When we hear it and reflexively reply: “Thanks be to God.” And this is only right and just, since no response other than heartfelt gratitude is fitting in the face of so great a mystery as the utterances of the one true God.

As it was to the prophets of old, the Word of the Lord comes to us, condescending to our lowliness, casting light into our darkness, and cultivating the shallow, rocky, and sunburnt soil of our minds, hearts, and spirits.  That’s what we’re about to celebrate next week.

Yet how often does the Word come to me and I know it not? How commonly does it come to me and find my mind uninterested and my heart unfeeling towards its revelations? …

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