Charles Williams : The New Christian Year: St. Chrysostom

This is a reprint of 2 devotionals, "The New Christian Year" (1941) and "The Passion of Christ: Being the Gospel Narrative of the Passion with Short Passages Taken from the Saints and Doctors of the Church" (1939), both chosen by Charles Williams, an English poet, novelist, theologian, literary critic, and teacher. Charles Walter Stansby Williams was most often associated with the Inklings (a group of christian writers including J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis), Williams was also cited as a major influence on W.H. Auden's conversion to christianity and he was a peer and friend of T.S. Eliot, Dorothy Sayers and Evelyn Underhill. These devotionals collect writings from throughout the history of christian thought. His choices were novel at the time, referencing Kierkegaard just as his translations were appearing in english print (Williams helped edit the first translations in England) and drawing upon the little known sermons of the poet John Donne. For each day of the Church year (starting in Advent), quotes will be posted as they appeared in the 1941 edition of "The New Christian Year". They are categorized by the source on the left, so that readers can read more from each author. I will also add links to websites about each source. During lent the "The New Christian Year" will be supplemented by quotes from "The Passion of the Christ". This text has passages from the Gospel accounts of the passion supplemented by quotes from the "Saints and Doctors of the Church".

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God is stretched out before man, and he in whom not one trace of sin can be discerned, suffers punishment as a malefactor.

St. Chrysostom: Homily III.

Mark when it is that he feels remorse. When his sin was completed and had received an accomplishment. For the devil is like this; he suffers not those who are not watchful to see the evil before this, lest he whom he has taken should repent. At least, when Jesus was saying so many things, he was not influenced, but when his offence was completed, then repentance came upon him; and not then profitably.

St. Chrysostom: Commentary of St. Matthew.

He saith what shall I do with the Christ? in this way desiring to put them to the blush, by giving them the power to choose, that at least out of shame they might ask for him, and the whole should be out their bountifulness.

St. Chrysostom: Commentary on St. Matthew.

As hunters who have started their game, so they exhibit a wild and drunken exaltation.

St. Chrysostom: Homily lxxxv.

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