Literature and Wit with Communion and Liberation

God at the Ritz: Attraction to Infinity

Tomorrow the members of our group will share their reflection on the little volume by Msgr Lorenzo Albacete that gathered a number of essays originally written for the New Yorker.  The volume is:

Albacete, Lorenzo. God at the Ritz: Attraction to Infinity. Reprint ed. New York: Crossroad/Herder & Herder, 2007 [ISBN: 978-0824524722].

Lorenzo Albacete was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on 7 January 1941. He originally studied physics before training for the priesthood. He was ordained for the Archdiocese of Washington DC in 1972. He earned a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical University of the Angelicum in Rome, served on the U.S. Bishops Committee for Hispanic ministries, taught theology in seminaries and wrote for the New Yorker. He was often interviewed by CBS and CNN on questions relevant to Catholic issues. 

Active in the Communion and Liberation Movement, he was often called to articulate the aims and style of the movement. More so, he leant himself to guiding members in the spirit of communion. He died at Dobbs Ferry, New York on 23 October 2014. 

God at the Ritz is a witty but profound book for Catholics and non-Catholics alike. Msgr Albacete wrote it to invite discussion rather than to confirm any doctrine. And since I had the joy of hosting Lorenzo Albacete at my home, I look forward to learning the impressions his writings will make on my students today.