The Last Homily: Conversations with Fr. Arne Panula
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Overview
The Last Homily captures with poignant authenticity the dying thoughts of a brilliant priest who dedicated his life to bringing others to God: Fr. Arne Panula, of Washington DC’s fabled Catholic Information Center. Recorded with Fr. Arne’s permission during his months in hospice care, his exchanges with noted author Mary Eberstadt expound on the Church and history, art and music, books and ideas, as well as on more immediate questions about how the faithful should live, how they should work, and how they can best help to build the Kingdom on earth. Via this gift to posterity, Fr. Arne’s spiritual guidance is no longer limited to those who knew him, but extends to generations of the present and future.
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- Centers on the idea that a benevolent God nor only care about human affairs but also intervenes to shape them
- Contains conversations with Fr. Arne Panula about several topics and immediate questions about how the faithful should live
- Includes footnotes for those interested in learning more and a compilation of recollection and anecdotes by some of Panula's friends
- Let's Begin at the Beginning
- Why the Priesthood?
- Reading Books and Reading People
- Some Questions about Opus Dei
- Yearning for the Filial in a Fatherless World
- A Few Favorite Things
- The Phoenix of Hope
- What's a Spiritual Director to Do?
- More Thoughts on the Woman Question
- More Thoughts about Hope and Love
- Guidance for Young Professionals
- Thoughts about the Environment
- Simple Rules for Modern Souls
- John Henry Newman and Josemaria Escriva, con't
- Joys and Challenges of Being a Priest
- Addiction, Depression, and the Modern Mind
- Love and Marriage
- Metaphysics and Modernity
- Some Questions about God and Caesar
- Catholic Doctrine for (Non) Dummies
- Serenity and Grace in the Face of Death
Fr. Arne Panula lived a life of extraordinary service to Christ and the Church, particularly in his last months which were marked by such charity, even while he suffered physically. Mary Eberstadt has captured that beautifully through her conversations with him. . . . I hope [this book] will be a means of grace for people who did not know Fr. Arne personally and a fond reminder of his spiritual legacy for those of us who did.
—Leonard A. Leo
The Last Homily is a wonderful testimony to the truth of Christianity and the concrete reality of God’s grace.
—Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP, Director of the Thomistic Institute, Angelicum, Rome
Cicero maintained that we do philosophy to learn how to die. Fr. Arne’s lesson is that ‘to die well is to teach others how to live.’ Thanks to Mary Eberstadt we can all learn Fr. Arne’s final lesson.
—John Garvey, President of The Catholic University of America
- Title: The Last Homily: Conversations with Fr. Arne Panula
- Author: Mary Eberstadt
- Publisher: Emmaus Road
- Print Publication Date: 2018
- Logos Release Date: 2022
- Pages: 152
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Panula, Arne › Interviews; Priests › United States--Interviews; Catholic Church › Clergy--Interviews
- ISBNs: 9781949013016, 9781949013023, 9781949013009, 1949013014, 1949013022, 1949013006
- Resource ID: LLS:LSTHMLYCNVRNPNL
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:16:12Z