The Prayer of Péguy Helen C. White “The future of any society

“The future of any society is determined by the life and prosperity of families within that society

Swept into the wilding world of tenth-century A

Yet he is careful to claim that there is something to be said for cultivating our mental powers

Yet this peace must come at the price of Christianity’s demise

The Prayer of Péguy Helen C. White “The future of any societyBy Albert Bguin Translated by Kathleen Curran Sweeney Prayer: the lifeblood of Charles Pguy. No great moment in his poetry lacks a manifest tendency toward prayer and his personal existence amounts to a progressive opening of his soul to the spirit of prayerrun the opening phrases of this modest yet brilliant 1942 study by Albert Bguin. Having identified prayer as the essential, inescapable element of Pguys life, Bguin traces its development from his