Modern world
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Spiritual Communion (continued)
In the Middle Ages, when the faithful were accustomed to receiving communion only at Easter, pious individuals, generally women, expressed their desire to do so more frequently. This led to the emergence of the custom of spiritual communion. "Towards the end of the 12th century, the most popular form of… Continue reading
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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 now receive you in the Blessed Sacrament. Come at least in a spiritual way into my heart. I embrace you as if you were in me and I unite myself… Continue reading
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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 now receive you in the Blessed Sacrament, come at least in a spiritual way into my heart. I embrace you as if you were within me and I unite myself… Continue reading
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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 died on January 13, 2017. Continue reading
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Being yourself
Being oneself never fades into habit. Identity is a quest and an affirmation, a perpetual enantiodromos, like a state of siege that fears no enemy. Who am I? Where am I going? Constantly accepting to question oneself and explore the mystery of life, but armored by what one knows… Continue reading
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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 might have sealed his future. For the revolutionary, driven by envy, the only form of forgiveness worthy of him involves the humiliation or death of his opponent in order to celebrate his victory… Continue reading
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The will alone or the will alone
Antigone knows that man must not believe in his will alone. Here too, it is a question of power swelling with its own pride. Will alone becomes perverted, corrupted, withered, and arrogant. Will alone, or the will alone that often accompanies it, takes over the space as soon as a higher power, authority, is forgotten. All… Continue reading
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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 that the time has not yet come, I have no choice but to bow down because I am not a great statesman. But I am a bishop, and as a bishop I reply to them:… Continue reading
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Marie Lataste in 1843
Jesus Christ said to Marie Lataste during the vision she had in 1843: “I am the first king, the first sovereign of France! I am the master of all peoples, all nations, all empires, all dominions. I am particularly the master of… Continue reading
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Our secret, a mystery
We each have our own secret, which we initially keep to ourselves. Marcel Jouhandeau, in Elements for an Ethics. Grasset Publishers. Continue reading
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Diversity (continued)
…Sounge i felibre esteba… I think of the Félibres… It is characteristic of the good artisans of Diversity, to turn it inside out like this. Would it ever be reached? That is ruin, death. It is always reborn: suddenly backward, when arms are extended to it from the front. However, over there, Boissière writes: The… Continue reading
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Diversity
I don't know if, like me, hearing the word "diversity" (which has replaced the word "Other") makes you feel nauseous. Victor Segalen is an author who acts as a remedy for this nausea. A fine example is Jules Boissière, who, a Provençal and a member of the Félibrige movement, wrote his most beautiful Félibrige verses in Hanoi. Here is the real… Continue reading
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Antigone, defiant and intimate (7/7. Love)
Part 7 and final part: Love. Antigone's desire is familial; she does not want to leave her brother unburied. Creon, on the other hand, desires to assert himself as king and demonstrate his power. Antigone prioritizes family ties, which embody love and reveal a person's true nature. Creon consolidates his power by signing a law that must… Continue reading
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Essay on Exoticism
Only those with a strong individuality can perceive Difference. By virtue of the law that every thinking subject presupposes an object, we must posit that the notion of Difference immediately implies an individual starting point. Those who will fully experience the wondrous sensation will feel what they are and what they are not… Continue reading