Lauda Sion
A magnificent sequence in the Mass of Corpus Christi, written by Saint Thomas Aquinas, this dogmatic poem praises the new and true Zion, the Church.
Author: Emmanuel Di Rossetti
Pentecostal Happiness
One of the joys of the Octave of Pentecost lies in the recitation of the Veni, Sancte Spiritus, following the recitation of the Victimae Paschali during Easter week, the...
Prayer to the Souls in Purgatory by Father André Haussaire
O Jesus, to Your Heart I entrust (whom I desire: for example, "the victims of the virus"). Look upon (him/her/them) and then do what Your Heart tells You. Let...
Prayer during an epidemic
(Extract from the Roman Ritual, Titulus IX, Chapter X) V. Lord, do not treat us according to our sins. R. And do not punish us according to our iniquities. V. Help us...
Spiritual Communion (continued)
In the Middle Ages, when the faithful were accustomed to receiving communion only at Easter time, pious people, generally...
Prayer of Saint Alphonsus Liguori
My God, I believe that you are present in the Blessed Sacrament. I love you above all things, and my soul longs for you, since I cannot...
Spiritual Communion according to Saint Alphonsus Liguori
My God, I believe that you are present in the Blessed Sacrament. I love you above all things, and my soul longs for you. Since I cannot...
François Lagarde, photographer of Ernst Jünger
Eulogy for François Lagarde, friend of 25 years, photographer of Ernst Jünger, whose film, "The Red and the Grey," is a testament. François Lagarde has passed away...
Max Jacob's Prayer to the Virgin Mary
Praise be to this little country girl, who deserved to be the mother of God! It seems to me that she was born in Brittany and lived there before my very eyes...
Being yourself
Being oneself never fades into habit. Identity is a search and an affirmation, a permanent enantiodromos, like a state of siege...
The revolutionary and forgiveness
The revolutionary has no appetite for forgiveness, for he detests the gift that seems suspect to him and the other with whom he could have sealed his future. Po...
The will alone or the will alone
Antigone knows that man must not rely solely on his will. Here too, it is a question of power swelling with its own pride. Willpower alone becomes corrupted...
The time is not right for governments to last
The future Pius IX, still a cardinal, responding to Emperor Napoleon III, said this: "Sire, when great statesmen like Your Majesty object to me that the child...
Marie Lataste in 1843
Jesus Christ said to Marie Lataste during the vision she had in 1843: "The first king, the first sovereign of France, is me! I am the master...".