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A Torch Unbroken Lit: Mass Lives criticize the 20th Century, by William F. Buckley, Jr. lecture James Rosen, editor (Crown Forum, pp., $22)
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&#;Merciful towards the absurd&#;: Remembering William F. Buckley Jr.
Bill Buckley in his study.
Photo courtesy of the New York Times.
I married a woman far more organized than I am. Only three months into our nuptials, I&#;m still reeling from the reorganization my (our) residence is undergoing now that she lives here, too. It&#;s becoming a home rather than merely a functional storage system for books, papers, a bed, clothing, food, cigars, fishing gear, firearms, and (somewhere) a cat. Going through old documents as part of this reorganization (read: downsizing) that accompanies marriage, I came across Fr. George Rutler&#;s homily for William F. Buckley Jr&#;s funeral Mass. It&#;s as worthwhile a read today as it was in
Mass for the Report of the Soul of William F. Buckley ral of Saint Patrick, New York City, April 4, Fr. George William Rutler
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In the village of Bethany was the house of Mary and her sister Martha and their brother Lazarus. There Jesus wept when Lazarus died, and then he called into the tomb and Lazarus came forth alive.
Here is a paradox of holy religion: such utter domesticity is so close to the unutterable mystery of Temple. Bethany was near Jerusalem. About fifteen furlongs. Furlongs. William F. Bu
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WASHINGTON – William F. Buckley Jr., a Catholic with an extraordinary gift for the spoken and written word who was dubbed the godfather of modern American conservatism, died Feb. 27 at his home in Stamford, Conn. He was
The commentator suffered from diabetes and emphysema, but the exact cause of death was not known. Buckley was found dead at the desk in his study where he reportedly had been writing.
“He died with his boots on, after a lifetime of riding pretty tall in the saddle,” his son, Christopher, was quoted as saying.
Funeral arrangements had not been announced as of Feb.
Buckley may have been best known for his work with the National Review, a conservative political magazine he founded in and where he served as editor until He also wrote more than 50 books as diverse as spy novels and a book on sailing. He wrote an account of his Catholic beliefs in the book “Nearer, My God: An Autobiography of Faith.”
He also was a television host for more than 30 years for the PBS program “Firing Line.”
Buckley was born in New York in , the sixth of 10 children. His father, who made his multimillion-dollar fortune in oil, had his children educated by personal tutors at the Buckley family estate in Sharon, Conn., and Catholic schools in England and France.
Buckley served in t