A Retreat for Lay People Patristics House of Cards

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On an October afternoon in the year 1697

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A Retreat for Lay People Patristics House of CardsBy Ronald Knox The laityin the words of Lumen gentiumlive in the ordinary circumstances of family and social life, from which the very web of existence is woven. Where in that web is there room for anything resembling a retreat? Is a retreat for lay people practical, let alone possible? In these two dozen conferences, Monsignor Ronald Knox answers these questions resoundingly in the affirmative, addressing the foundations of the Christian life, the