"My tears are not for him—for he knew, all his life, that his Redeemer lives, and he has now been gathered by the Lord in whom he trusted."*
Rest in peace, Fr. Neuhaus.

*Joseph Bottum says it better than I can.

I'd best attend to my soul if I wish to meet and thank my heroes. First Cardinal Dulles; now Fr. Neuhaus. Yes, I wish I could thank Fr. Neuhaus for his brilliance, his faith-filled, witty brilliance. How his Death on a Friday Afternoon, a Lenten staple of mine for the past several years, was such a tremendous consolation for me the year of the nasty hip pain/surgery during Easter week. How I would love to skip to the back of First Things. How his writing would make me think and smile.

I reread Born Toward Dying yesterday afternoon... Apt. As Fr. said, the mortality rate holds steady at 100 percent.