The Water and the Fire Thomist Tradition ” “In Summer’s Name

” “In Summer’s Name

( Fra Girolamo Savonarola)

…Should I think of aught else than that I am  his wife and he is my husband as long as we both live

Yet the truth of the matter is not quite so exciting as the legend would have it: her life

Edited and with a preface by Peter A

The Water and the Fire Thomist Tradition ” “In Summer’s NameBy Gerald Vann, O. P. Where there is no vision, the people perish. Never one to mince his words, Gerald Vann, O. P., confirms this warning from the Book of Proverbs. The people are perishing and the preachers task is of the utmost urgency: to restore vision before the darkness is absolute. The deep evil underlying the common misery and discontent of the post war world is a psychological crisis. This crisis of the human soul threatens to destroy