If ever there was a teacher assigned to this world, yet whose every word bespoke of the next, and the way to the eternal happiness thereof, it was the author of these thirty-two talks. Some are formal, some informal, none were edited by the speaker. They were all given about fifty years ago and recorded shorthand by a sister. Until now, these talks have never been read by anyone. As you read each lecture, story, or anecdote, you will feel like you are in the audience, being carried away; every thought, every story, either tearing away at your heart-strings or filling your mind with a hold wisdom that you never would have imagined could be yours.
American Jesuit priest, poet, lyricist, and essayist.
He articulated and defended a strict interpretation of the Roman Catholic doctrine, extra Ecclesiam nulla salus ("outside the Church there is no salvation"). He took the position that baptism of blood and baptism of desire are unavailing and that therefore no non-Catholics will be saved.