Remembrance of the Future is a collection of essays on a wide range of topics by the foremost of Canadian catholic writers.
Michael D. O’Brien is a writer of penetrating spiritual insight and prophetic clarity. He is the author of Father Elijah and Island of the World.
In Remembrance of the Future, O’Brien addresses the manifold aspects of the mystery of evil as it afflicts the lives and religious practice of Catholics in Canada and the world. The stories are suffused with a transcendent hope, which has its grounds in the author’s unshakable faith.
According to Ralph McInery, "This amazing writer has an elegiac style seasoned with wit and erudition and a mesmerizing vision of where we are and where we are going."