Thanks for putting this in Breaking News. It’s where it belongs.
He was definitely one of the greats.
Are you familiar with Newman’s poem, The Dream of Gerontius, and Elgar’s oratorio setting of it? I knew Fr. Neuhaus was dying this morning and I kept thinking of The Dream of Gerontius. It’s very beautiful, and in addition, it sounds like he died a good death, that is, with all the comforts of the Church, the last rites and viaticum. God was good to him; and he, in turn, was a tireless worker in the Lord’s vineyard.