Pope Francis used the example of several Catholic saints to explain the concept of spiritual consolation during his weekly audience on Wednesday. “What is spiritual consolation?” he said Nov. 23. “It ...

Philosophy & Rhetoric, Vol. 53, No. 3, SPECIAL ISSUE: IN THE MIDST OF COVID-19 (2020), pp. 306-311 (6 pages) https://doi.org/10.5325/philrhet.53.3.0306 • https ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis asked that, during Advent, the faithful prepare for the Lord’s coming by being open to God’s consolation, which we must receive personally before giving to others. “It is ...

One of the lesser read stories of Advent is about Simeon, an old prophet who encountered the days-old Jesus and his parents in the Jewish temple. “Simeon was righteous and devout,” Luke’s gospel says, ...

People worked hard long before there was a thing called the “work ethic,” much less a “Protestant work ethic.” The phrase itself emerged early in the twentieth century and has since congealed into a ...

From Cicero to El Greco, Marx to Mahler, a study of solace through the ages offers lessons from the broken When the world is in crisis, where should we look for comfort? Given humanity’s dwindling ...

The Seventeenth day of the Hebrew month of Tamuz marks the beginning of the Three Weeks of Mourning that culminate on the 9 th day of the Hebrew month of Av. During this time, Jewish people refrain ...

Consolation follows the classic narrative arc of a principal character being jolted from the callow irresponsibility of youth through a wiser period of guilt to eventual redemption. Despite an awkward ...

Michael Ignatieff’s latest book, On Consolation: Finding Solace in Dark Times, will be published next week. At the 2018 Winter Olympics, the impossible happened. A Canadian women’s hockey team lost.