Religion
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Social gathering at the Vatican
It's always a surprise to discover, as this morning, an interview with someone, whether well-known or not, but representative of our time, admitting that their meeting with Pope Francis was one of the most significant moments of their life, yet drawing no action from it. As if this encounter were meant to be just another moment among many… Continue reading
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Sundays
Is it Sunday? It's Sunday! Breathing in the dawning day as if speaking to no one in particular, Savoring a hearty breakfast, it's a day of celebration, let's not forget it, or rather, let's remember it. Getting ready for a big day, the big day! Listening to a grumpy taxi driver complain about the state of the world, Distracting oneself from this conversation, as from any discussion, Getting in… Continue reading
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Prayer, every morning of the world.
How wonderful these senses are! All these visual, tactile, auditory, gustatory, and olfactory impressions return and form memory, the very place where the mind resides. What poetry! Continue reading
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An outline on authority, or a definition of the progressive.
Following the article, "Why this hatred of authority?", I received numerous reactions. The first was to confuse, or ask me not to confuse, power and authority. Here, we can observe one thing: many people on social media still accept this distinction. It even marks, for them… Continue reading
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Why this hatred of authority?
Authority resembles those secret agents so dear to Graham Greene, who conceal their identity to avoid losing it further in a disastrous encounter. It still has a few devotees who cherish it and deploy considerable ingenuity to define it, redefine it, so that it is understood by its time. To this end, they draw a parallel with… Continue reading
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What is the problem with Paul VI's mass?
More than fifty years ago, the Catholic Church adopted a new Mass that broke with Church tradition in an unprecedented way. The reformers, however, had not anticipated that the traditional Mass would outlive them. They were even convinced of the opposite. And they used every means at their disposal to… Continue reading
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Letter to Pope Francis regarding the Mass
Preamble This letter to Pope Francis was initially written for La Voie Romaine 1 to bear witness to the beauty and efficacy of the traditional Roman Rite and to express the shock caused by the motu proprio, Traditionis custodes, published on July 16, 2021, by Pope Francis. Holy Father, I was extricating myself from a terrible… Continue reading
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Benedict XVI in Paradise!
— Is it morning or evening? My breath caught, then came back. As if it were showing signs of malfunction. It was failing me. My lungs were leaving me. I breathed that I was ready. My God, how I love it! But then, my breath returned, as if nothing had happened, as if it had just stepped out to run an errand. The memory came out… Continue reading
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Of authority
In ancient Greece, men knew and recognized themselves in the eyes of their family, their loved ones, their community. Women reserved for themselves the mirror, which represented beauty, femininity, and seduction. Reflection was everywhere. "There is no place that does not see you," Rilke summarized.… Continue reading
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Gregorian chant
It was June 1985, in Pont-à-Mousson, at the end of the symposium "Music in the Church Today." Maurice Fleuret—may his soul rest in peace—the magnificent director of music and dance for Minister Jack Lang, took the floor. His words were fiery. Words of supplication; one could say so, since he himself pleaded. I… Continue reading
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The Pump by Clive Staples Lewis
“First, you must rid yourself of this nauseating idea, born of a manifest complex of inferiority and a worldly mind, that pomp, in the appropriate circumstances, has anything in common with vanity or self-importance. A celebrant solemnly approaching the altar to celebrate, a princess led by her king… Continue reading
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The sacrifice of the chief
“Who Is Like God?” (1), the book by Lieutenant General Pierre Gillet, exhaustively inventories the qualities of a leader and outlines the Christian virtues necessary for command. What might seem like a book for initiates, a new TTA (1), becomes, under the delicate and virile pen of Pierre Gillet, former commanding officer… Continue reading
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I chose you to see you fight under the banner of Christ!
Blessed Alain de la Roche (1) lamented the lukewarmness with which he recited his rosary in a Dominican church in Paris during the octave of All Saints in 1465. Suddenly, Our Lady appeared to him, accompanied by several virgins: “Do not flee, my son!” she told him. “If you have any doubt, be…” Continue reading
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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. Benedict XVI said of this Mass: “These are texts that stir the waves of the heart, as the intellect, penetrating with wonder into the mystery, recognizes in the Eucharist the presence…” Continue reading