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One reason many Catholics no longer go to confession frequently is that the sacrament subtly drifted from “confession and absolution” toward “spiritual counseling.” Most Catholics are willing to accuse themselves of sins briefly and regularly. Fewer are willing to enter into an extended personal conversation every few weeks. The traditional confessional, the screen, brevity, clarity, and sacramental reserve all lowered the barrier to grace. The sacrament felt objective, medicinal, and accessible rather than emotionally burdensome. Confession is not primarily therapy or spiritual direction. It is sacramental mercy.

Essential reading. The Cluny BENE Collection. clunymedia.com/collections/be…

RT @MattMBarrett: Do you know how to answer the skepticism towards Christianity we face today? If you need help, pick up Garrigou-Lagrange.…

Received this today from a dear friend, and it prompts me to recommend @ClunyMedia as they have many wonderful items, not only well-known works but also older or translated titles more difficult to find. Highly recommend subscribing to their new releases email list.

@VenetiaJane A good historical fiction story on King Wenceslas is available from Cluny Media (@ClunyMedia) is “Good King Wenceslas”. See attached blurbs and link. clunymedia.com/collections/sh…

“In his political essays, Gerald Russello is a happy warrior, capable of seeing the good intentions of others, and he shares Russell Kirk’s opposition to political ideology.” Stephen Schmalhofer reviews @ClunyMedia’s anthology of the work of the lawyer, @UBookman editor, and mentor, edited by @DavidGBonaguraJ: modernagejournal.com/gerald-russell…

My husband and I read WISE BLOOD with our book club at the beginning of the summer. I read THE MALEFACTORS kind of out of nowhere a few weeks later. "Where are you going?" characters in both books asked. I made a connection, read an amazing book of letters, and now, there's this.

Excellent recent conversation between @RealMattFradd and Fr. Dominic Legge of @opeast / @ThomisticInst / @PFIC_DHS has mention of a great book that might be out of print. We got you. clunymedia.com/products/to-lo…

@catholic_comedy Dozens to choose from here. clunymedia.com/collections/li…

Ok, I'm declaring September to be Buy A Catholic Novel month. I need 30 novels to feature, one every day. Authors, please send me your novels for consideration (a link will work) Readers, send me recommendations. Novels, stories, not theology books, please.

@xavi87319 @AaronIrber Not only that, but we will also have a collection of his sermons available in September!

@AaronIrber Interesting. Bet @ClunyMedia will have a sale in celebration of the announcement.😎

St John Henry Newman’s influence on Catholic literature extends beyond Tolkien (which is impressive enough). Without Tolkien’s love of myth and his intense Catholicism, C. S. Lewis might never have become Christian. Without LotR, we might not have had Gene Wolfe as a Catholic writer. Wolfe was an adult Catholic convert but his imagination was directly shaped by Tolkien as a child. Without Lewis, we might not have had Tim Powers. Powers is a cradle Catholic but Lewis directly shaped his imagination as a child. A line can be traced from all of these authors (Chesterton too) to St. John Henry Newman’s conversion to Catholicism.

My new column in @OSV, in which recommend excellent new editions of three classic novels: The Edge of Sadness (@ClunyMedia), Diary of a Country Priest (@IgnatiusPress), and The End of the Affair (@WordOnFire). Read it at the OSV website.

My new column in @OSV, in which recommend excellent new editions of three classic novels: The Edge of Sadness (@ClunyMedia), Diary of a Country Priest (@IgnatiusPress), and The End of the Affair (@WordOnFire). oursundayvisitor.com/3-new-editions…

These @ClunyMedia classics are so pleasing. Horgan frequently reminds me of Cather.

What is a saint? The meditation today in Magnificat, from Chapter 6 of _The Church in the Flesh_ by Ida Friederike Görres (⁦@ClunyMedia⁩, 2023).

Bishop Erik Varden on "a crucial voice for the present moment": Ida Friederike Görres. Thanks to the excellent work of @brysonjs, Görres' work is becoming available in English from @ClunyMedia @IgnatiusPress and (soon) @CUAPress. rb.gy/lmpcef

manalivemediagroup.com/dcwp-teaser “It is the glory of man’s spirit that in the midst of misery and confusion and revolt, art lifts its head, not to deny the evil but to share it; and not alone to report the misery, nor yet to denounce or escape it, but to transfigure it.” —W.E. Hocking

A rich @ClunyMedia delivery day

Lightning Meditations – Cluny Media- ⁦@ClunyMedia⁩ please stop! Two more Knox books, Edwin O’Connor, Graham Greene, more Daniel-Rops and Vann, OP. I won’t have any room left in my house if you all don’t stop with these awesome books! clunymedia.com/products/light…

@RealMattFradd The founders of @ClunyMedia clunymedia.com/pages/the-men

Who do you want to see on Pints With Aquinas this year?