Magazines tend to wax and wane in quality. Four or five years ago Crisis was exceptional. Now, much less so, partially due (for me at least) to Ralph McInerny's leave-taking.
I let Touchstone lapse a year or two ago but I re-started it and just got my first issue. If this is any indication the magazine has really gotten better. One of the best reviews I've seen on the Graham Greene biography is included. There's a very interesting one on reading, or not reading I should say. And finally one by our own William Luse, an excellent piece on Terri Schiavo. I'm not just saying that. It is really, really good. He writes:
You see, I know Terri Schiavo’s in there. We’ve all heard the philosopher’s words, that the “soul is the form of the body.” The soul is intact, but the body gravely injured. The soul has lost access to the instrument of its expression, but it’s in there. And I think that before a judge or a husband kills her, they ought to have to prove me wrong.Limited range of movement and brain function doesn't limit our respect for the person because we know the soul is there. We pray before what looks like a white oval knowing that it contains THE Soul. The Blessed Sacrament would seem to be the perfect antidote for a society that sees worth only in those who can visibly exercise power. The lay apostolate Children of Mary is correct: When God-with-us, Jesus in the Holy Eucharist, is adored by mankind, the heard of satan will be crushed.
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