Blanc de Saint Bonnet on contemporary France
In 1851, Blanc de Saint Bonnet said: When men lose sight of moral necessities, God brings forth the light of necessities of another order. If...
Category: Religion
Hannah Arendt on the functionalism of the social sciences
I do not believe that atheism is a substitute for, or can fulfill the same function as, a religion, any more than I believe that violence can become a...
Pius X at the beatification of Joan of Arc
On December 13, 1908, at the beatification of Joan of Arc, Pius X uttered these words that remain in our memories: "You will tell the French to do...".
Transforming the idea into a feeling
Max Jacob to a student: Meditation is not about having ideas, on the contrary! It consists of having one, transforming it into a feeling, into a conviction...
The permanent conversion
Contrary to what is often said or believed, tradition requires ongoing conversion. Tradition is not a sinecure, a life lived in the past...
In light of the values
Authority has lost its prestige along with humility. Authority has become synonymous with implacable order, unthinking force, tyranny...
Antigone, defiant and intimate (3/7. Destiny)
Part 3: Destiny. Man descends from the tree. Man, like the tree, is defined as much by his roots as by his fruit. Man, like the tree...
News from Ernest Hello on fear and its perfections
Fear in general, therefore, possesses perfections that evil lacks. Perhaps the crucifixion was felt in a more terrible way in the Garden of Olives...
Antigone, defiant and intimate (2/7. The funeral)
Part 2: The Funeral — “My dearest Ismene. I came this morning to tell you that I've taken care of everything. I used the same funeral home for…”.
Antigone, defiant and intimate (1/7. The family)
Part 1: The Family From the very first reading of Antigone, an ambiguity arises in the reader's mind. Does Antigone embody the action or...
Charlie's Destiny
"The enemy limits you, therefore shapes you and establishes you." This quote from Saint-Exupéry aptly expresses our condition at the end of this first week of...
Two thousand and fourteen years ago…
Christmas can be summed up in four letters: fiat. Before being an industrial symbol, it was the word, the acceptance of Mary by the angel. This acceptance...
Novena for France
What a beautiful initiative! A novena for France. A novena to express our love for the Blessed Virgin and ask her to watch over us with all the saints...
The Humanity of Cheyenne Carron — Reflections on the film The Apostle
What astonishment overwhelmed me one recent morning when I listened to the voice of a young woman being examined by Louis Daufresne on his program, Le Grand Témoin, on Radio Notr...