Lightning Meditations Sheed & Ward An absorbing blend of erudition

An absorbing blend of erudition and effusiveness

” and achieves a dramatic balance of scholarly composure and ardent lyricism

a man of fervent faith but limited intelligence

The Theology of History in Saint Bonaventure is Joseph Ratzinger’s professorial dissertation

Lightning Meditations Sheed & Ward An absorbing blend of eruditionBy Ronald Knox Brevity is the soul of wit. On the evidence of Monsignor Ronald Knoxs Lightning Meditations, it is also the secret of effective preaching. Like its predecessor volume, Stimuli, this collection of meditations is compiled from the short sermons Knox contributed to The Sunday Times over a span of twelve years; also like Stimuli, its contents are to the point and pointed, ready to sting consciences out of complacency and into cooperation