Lily: The Voice of Alice von Hildebrand

Welcome to Lily: The Voice of Alice von Hildebrand. In this episode, Lily concludes her discussion of the second chapter of Transformation in Christ, “Contrition.” She examines contrition in its natural and supernatural dimensions, with a special emphasis on surrendering to God’s mercy. To purchase a copy of Transformation in Christ, click here: https://amzn.to/2tWRVBF. Get our newsletter and othe...

Welcome to Lily: The Voice of Alice von Hildebrand. In this episode, Lily introduces the second chapter of Transformation in Christ, “Contrition.” She considers guilt, the examination of conscience, and the moral and spiritual growth that comes with true contrition. To purchase a copy of Transformation in Christ, click here: https://amzn.to/2tWRVBF. Get our newsletter and other important updates:...

Welcome to Lily: The Voice of Alice von Hildebrand. In this episode, Lily concludes her discussion of the first chapter of Transformation in Christ, “The Readiness to Change.” She explores the need to examine and change not just our faults, but to allow all that is naturally good within us to be transformed in relationship with Christ. To purchase a copy of Transformation in Christ, click here: ht...

Welcome to Lily: The Voice of Alice von Hildebrand. In this episode, Lily introduces the first chapter of Transformation in Christ, “The Readiness to Change.” She discusses the contrast between our natural desire for excellence and the supernatural act of surrender to God's grace. To purchase a copy of Transformation in Christ, click here: https://amzn.to/2tWRVBF. Get our newsletter and other impo...

Welcome to Lily: The Voice of Alice von Hildebrand. In this episode, Lily discusses the unique insights of Dietrich von Hildebrand on the supernatural, the moral life, and the importance of Transformation in Christ for Christians today. To purchase a copy of Transformation in Christ, click here: https://amzn.to/2tWRVBF. Get our newsletter and other important updates: https://hildebrandproject.org/...

Welcome to Lily: The Voice of Alice von Hildebrand. In this episode, Lily discusses the history of Transformation in Christ—its writing, its publication, and the reasons why Dietrich von Hildebrand wrote this significant and important work. She also recounts the first time she met Dietrich in 1942, when he was lecturing on this very book. To purchase a copy of Transformation in Christ, click here:...

Welcome to Lily: The Voice of Alice von Hildebrand. In this episode, Lily discusses her book, The Soul of a Lion, a marvelous telling of her husband Dietrich von Hildebrand’s life, including his intellectual development under Adolf Reinach, Edmund Husserl, and Max Scheler, as well as his Catholic conversion, and public anti-Nazi resistance. To purchase a copy of The Soul of a Lion, click here: htt...

Welcome to Lily: The Voice of Alice von Hildebrand. In this episode, Lily discusses her book By Grief Refined: Letters to a Widow. She explores the experience of suffering and the growth that occurs when we discover its meaning, with special reference to the loss of her husband, Dietrich von Hildebrand.  Get our newsletter and other important updates: https://hildebrandproject.org/#newsletter Beco...

Welcome to Lily: The Voice of Alice von Hildebrand. In this episode, Lily speaks about her book, Memoirs of a Happy Failure, a vivid account of her life, with a particular focus on the nearly forty years she spent as a philosophy professor in service of her students, despite a climate of misogyny and anti-Catholicism.  To purchase a copy of Man & Woman: A Divine Invention, click here: https://amzn...

Welcome to Lily: The Voice of Alice von Hildebrand. In this episode, Lily and I discuss Dietrich von Hildebrand’s book, My Battle Against Hitler, in which he recounts his resistance to Nazism, rooted in his deep understanding of the dignity of the human person. To purchase a copy of My Battle Against Hitler, click here: https://amzn.to/2tY8L3d. Become a monthly donor! Visit hildebrandproject.org/g...

Welcome to Lily: The Voice of Alice von Hildebrand. In this episode on her book, Man and Woman: A Divine Invention, Lily speaks about reciprocity and the communal character of masculinity and femininity. She gives a special attention to the idea that truly understanding oneself opens up understanding of the other sex. To purchase a copy of Man & Woman: A Divine Invention, click here: https://amzn....

Welcome to Lily: The Voice of Alice von Hildebrand. In this episode on Dietrich von Hildebrand’s book, The Nature of Love, Lily discusses the human person’s innate desire for love and its importance in human life. To purchase a copy of The Nature of Love, click here: https://amzn.to/2Tqlivb. To learn more about Dietrich von Hildebrand's philosophy of love, including corresponding lectures on shame...

Welcome to Lily: The Voice of Alice von Hildebrand. In this episode, Lily discusses Dietrich von Hildebrand's book The Heart with Doug Keck on EWTN Bookmark. In The Heart, Dietrich makes one of his most significant contributions to philosophy via phenomenology: a thorough look at human and divine affectivity. Lily discusses the spiritual emotions in the context of Dietrich's personalism, showing h...

Welcome to Lily: The Voice of Alice von Hildebrand. In this first series, Lily guides us through a chapter-by-chapter reflection of Dietrich von Hildebrand's book The Art of Living, which began as a series of radio lectures in 1930s Germany. In this final episode of the series, Lily discusses gratitude as the “Christian virtue par excellence.” Gratitude is viewed in contrast with pride, justice, a...

Welcome to Lily: The Voice of Alice von Hildebrand. In this first series, Lily guides us through a chapter-by-chapter reflection of Dietrich von Hildebrand's book The Art of Living, which began as a series of radio lectures in 1930s Germany. In this episode, Lily reflects on gratitude. Written as a separate essay in the last year of Dietrich von Hildebrand’s life, gratitude is seen as a crucial vi...

Welcome to Lily: The Voice of Alice von Hildebrand. In this first series, Lily guides us through a chapter-by-chapter reflection of Dietrich von Hildebrand's book The Art of Living, which began as a series of radio lectures in 1930s Germany. Continuing from the previous episode, Lily reflects on hope in the context of communion, particularly communion with God. Lily contrasts hope with optimism, s...

Welcome to Lily: The Voice of Alice von Hildebrand. In this first series, Lily guides us through a chapter-by-chapter reflection of Dietrich von Hildebrand's book The Art of Living, which began as a series of radio lectures in 1930s Germany. In this episode, Lily discusses hope primarily through its antithesis, despair. Here, Lily reflects extensively on Soren Kierkegaard, who discusses existentia...

Welcome to Lily: The Voice of Alice von Hildebrand. In this episode, Lily reflects on the connection between communion and love, drawing on distinctions made by Gabriel Marcel and her husband, Dietrich von Hildebrand, especially regarding love as a value response to the nature and dignity of the other person. For more on this topic, consider joining the 2024 Summer Seminar, "The Challenge of Commu...

Welcome to Lily: The Voice of Alice von Hildebrand. In this episode, Lily discusses the chapter she contributed to The Art of Living on communion. She examines the importance of loving relationships, community, and union with God as crucial aspects of our shared humanity. The human person is not made for solitude, and this is why we always long for communion. For more on this topic, consider joini...

Welcome to Lily: The Voice of Alice von Hildebrand. In this episode, Lily reflects on veracity, the fourth chapter in The Art of Living. Veracity is more than just saying the truth to others but is how we recognize the world of values, allowing it to guide all of my relationships: with others and toward myself. By being honest about what I have apprehended, I do not lie to myself. Thereby, it foll...

Welcome to Lily: The Voice of Alice von Hildebrand. In this episode, Lily reflects on the title of the book—The Art of Living—and its relationship to faithfulness, the book's second chapter. Following reverence, faithfulness is crucially important in forming human lives. Not only does it mean faithfulness to God, but faithfulness to oneself, to others, and to the values that have been uncovered by...

Welcome to Lily: The Voice of Alice von Hildebrand. In this episode, Lily examines the relationship between freedom and responsibility. Responsibility stand at the moral core of human action. It grows out of the recognition that freedom is not a license to do what you want, but rather, to discover and do what is right. In this first series, Lily guides us through a chapter-by-chapter reflection of...

Welcome to Lily: The Voice of Alice von Hildebrand. In this episode, Lily reflects on the first chapter of The Art of Living, “Reverence.” Dietrich von Hildebrand contends that reverence is the “mother” of the moral life; that without reverence, the person is unable to perceive the world of values. In her reflection, Lily speaks lucidly on irreverence and its effects on family life, society, and t...