Category: manhood

  • What is Man?

    What is Man?

    A couple of questions asked of a friend last week resulted in a struggle to read Bulgakov. Look, I’m not wise enough to navigate even a quarter of a percent of what he’s saying, but his text does give me some things on which to meditate and – in this case – to talk about…

  • Four Types of Men

    Four Types of Men

    THE SUMMER FEAST OF St Benedict is approaching (11 July) and, listening to the most recent Episode of Catholic Stuff You Should Know, I was reminded of how the Father of Western Monasticism begins his Rule. After the opening prologue, urging his spiritual sons to listen to his teaching, he lists, in Chapter 1, the…