University & Various Sermons
By Ronald Knox The sermons of Ronald Knox, in Evelyn Waugh’s estimation, contain the very best of his literary talent and pastoral sensibility. “Prepared, revised and rehearsed with every refinement of taste and skill,” the sermons convey their instruction simply and directly: refreshingly conversational in tone, faithfully and knowledgeably reliant on Sacred Scripture, and profoundly powerful in content, allusion, and spiritual consolation. University & Various Sermons comprises a host of examples of this excellent preaching: the two books of his Oxford conferences (previously published in In Soft Garments and The Hidden Stream); twenty-eight previously uncollected sermons, delivered to various congregations, on topics ranging from Scripture and the sacraments to Divine Mercy and devotion to Blessed Virgin Mary and the saints; and fourteen of his Anglican sermons, each of which sheds light on Knox’s mind and heart as he drew near to fulfilling his lifelong desire of “membership