Comments on: Fr. Richard John Neuhaus, 1936-2009

By: johnt

johnt — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:53:16 +0000

a pleasure to read and a gentle controversialist, God Bless him.

By: asleep06

asleep06 — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:33:19 +0000

Rest in peace, Fr. Neuhaus.

By: Aquinas

Aquinas — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:12:02 +0000

Requiescat in pacem. Lux aeterna luceat eis

Enough thanks cannot be given for his wisdom and everything he did for Catholicism and social conservativism in America.

By: kyle8

kyle8 — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:26:53 +0000

Along with Richard and Reinhold Niebuhr and Will Herberg.

I did not get to read as much of his writings as I wanted to.

By: sapwolf

sapwolf — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:49:08 +0000

One of the biggest trees in the forest we call the social conservative movement.

Let’s hope that a few more strong saplings spring up in his place and bloom as bright.

By: Lammo

Lammo — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:44:00 +0000

Well done my good and faithful servant. The thing I will miss most is his banter with Raymond Arroyo on EWTN. We are truly richer for his having walked among us. RIP Father.

By: streetwise

streetwise — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:36:20 +0000

By: Feddie

Feddie — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:57:07 +0000

Thank you for this.

By: Crowe

Crowe — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:47:23 +0000

…in no less a venue than St. Peter’s Church across the street from Ground Zero. He was incredibly composed and gracious and related the greatness of JPII… and in so doing, related his own greatness. His message that day (and most every day) was one he put in the mouth of John Paul II: “You can expect moral and spiritual greatness of yourself.” That singular realization — that each of us has the capacity to be not only great, but a saint — liberates the mind and heart to fly to God and be truly free; free beyond anything any human philosophy can grasp at.

He will truly be missed; we are all richer and closer for his having lived.

Requiescat in pacem, et lux aeterna luceat eis in aeternum