Bread Grows in Winter J. Bryson

Ida Friederike Görres was one of the brightest, most penetrating and colorful Catholic writers in twentieth-century Europe. Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI), at her funeral, labeled her a “brave and faithful woman,” with “an insightful certainty . . . about the pressing questions and tasks of the Church today.” Yet her work is almost entirely unknown in the English-speaking world today. The time has come to discover Ida Görres. This collection of vibrant, piercing, often hilarious essays was written in the tumultuous years surrounding Vatican II. Rising out of this confusion, Görres reveals the raw, majestic splendor of the Catholic Church. If you think you have fallen out of love with Catholicism, read Bread Grows in Winter: a brutally honest yet poetically inspired meditation on the heart of the faith. Originally published in 1970, it is perhaps more important today than ever. Can we still trust the “leaky ship” of the Church? Yes, we can, and yes, we must. Our thanks to Ida Görres, Jennifer Bryson, Ignatius Press and publicist Brian O’Neel.

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Book: https://ignatius.com/bread-grows-in-winter-bgwp/