Proverbs, Virtues, and Callings

Proverbs, Virtues, and Callings

Commentary on Proverbs By Philip Melanchthon. Translated and edited by Derek Cooper and Timothy J. Wengert. CLP Academic, 2023. Hardcover, 282 pages, $29.95. Reviewed by Manfred Svensson. Who has the most ancient wisdom? Are Christians plundering “the gold of the...
Cabrini: The Humble Saint Behind the Film

Cabrini: The Humble Saint Behind the Film

Letters From the Voyages of St. Frances Cabrini By St. Frances Xavier Cabrini. Edited by Michael A. LaMorte. Catholic Treehouse, 2024. Paperback, 380 pages, $19.99. Reviewed by Isaiah Flair. “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given...
The Fessio Phenomenon

The Fessio Phenomenon

Father Joseph Fessio, S.J.: California Blackrobe  By Cornelius Michael Buckley. S.J. Ignatius Press, 2024. Hardcover, 379 pages, $27.95. Reviewed by Lee Oser. “Fessio.” The name has become a test. The first card the reviewer lays on the table will evoke a smile or a...
The Divine Inspiration of Handel’s Messiah

The Divine Inspiration of Handel’s Messiah

Every Valley: The Desperate Lives and Troubled Times That Made Handel’s Messiah By Charles King. Doubleday, 2024. Hardcover, 352 pages, $32.00. Reviewed by Rev. Dr. Karl C. Schaffenburg. Joyeuses Fêtes! as a seasonal greeting is no more silly than “Happy Holidays!”,...
Halting the Assembly Line Life

Halting the Assembly Line Life

Mothers, Children, and the Body Politic: Ancient Christianity and the Recovery of Human Dignity By Nadya Williams. IVP Academic, 2024. Paperback, 240 pages, $26. Reviewed by Sarah Reardon. On the walls of the birth center sit posters about birth control. In the office...