What is the central goal of your new blog, Loving the Church with von Balthasar?
Fr Murphy: My goal is to provide in-depth commentary on issues of life, culture and religion. I am studying for my Licentiate in Theology here in Rome (Pontifical Athenaeum, Regina Apostolorum). In my studies I have been delving into the great minds of our Christian heritage. So many answers to the problems of our day are here, squirreled away in the dusty books of the Fathers of the Church and other great men and women saints and scholars from across the centuries. So many answers to today’s problems are bottlenecked here in Rome (and in other inconspicuous libraries of the globe). I wanted to share some of the vintage wine of truth that I have been tasting. Q: If you had to single out von Balthasar’s most important contribution to the dialogue between the Church and modern culture, what would it be? Fr Murphy: Choosing just one is tough. Perhaps it would be his effort (with others like DeLubac) to stress Mystery in theology over fossilized concepts in our way of thinking about God an
