Basic Verities Blessed Mother Veronica grows up poised between

Veronica grows up poised between the pagan and Christian worlds

“The thought that a girl could be as pretty as this one and yet dislike him so much was one of the saddest things Jimmy had ever come across

“With an incredible intensity of desire I longed after immortal wisdom

Bellarmine

admitting of no practical sensibility of the relationship between God and man

Basic Verities Blessed Mother Veronica grows up poised betweenBy Charles Pguy Basic Verities is a collection of excerpts from the poetry and prose of Charles Peguy. First published in 1943, in the midst of the Nazi occupation of France, the volume arrived at a time when Peguy and his legacy had taken on a new significance for the French people. The spiritual and patriotic power of his writings gave a voice to the nations suffering and its yearning for the restoration of liberty and happiness. The selections in