From tradition…
“We are dwarfs standing on the shoulders of giants; we see more and farther than they do; not that our gaze is sharp, nor our stature great, but…”.
Category: Religion
To which saints should we pray?
The Marcial Maciel affair forces us to confront the question of Evil. Our era avoids engaging with it. What do we know of the work of the devil, and what can we do about it?.
Ernest Hello's news on Fear
But if we move from fear in general to the fear of Jesus Christ in the Garden of Olives, we will find silence more fitting than words. His passion...
Gregorian chant is intended for the liturgy
Excerpt from "The Holy Mass, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow," quote from Mr. Dominique Ponnau, Director of the École du Louvre, Conference given at...
Christian Testimony – 2
When I started this blog, the idea of writing about liturgy came to me very quickly. Not to claim the status of a specialist...
In the polluted air of our societies
“We are told that the air in the world is unbreathable. I agree. But the first Christians found every morning at their doorstep an atmosphere that…”.
On totalitarian states
"Totalitarian states, which alternately use lies and violence (lies to cover up violence and violence to silence those who...".
Speech by Donoso Cortès (1850)
"Regular armies are today the only thing preventing civilization from descending into barbarism. Today, what is offered to us...".
The abandonment of Benedict XVI
“Eli, Eli lama sabachthani?” 1 When Benedict XVI signified, in a few simple words, that he was renouncing the office of pope, it was a trembling of...
A short history of Envy, from hero to scapegoat
The modern world constantly presents us with scapegoats. Lance Armstrong, Richard Millet, Jérôme Kerviel, John Galliano, to name just a few, each of them...
Christian testimony
When I started this blog, the idea of writing about liturgy came to me very quickly. Not to claim the status of a specialist...
In the heart of darkness, life
After seeing "Tree of Life," I for a long time forbade myself from writing about the film. Two forces clashed within me. Captivated by the poetry, by the state...
Another year comes to an end…
As the year draws to a close, we often only glance at it briefly. We shouldn't dwell on it too much. We never know how many things we've forced ourselves to bury...
In the shadow of Ernesto Sabato
When Ernesto Sabato passed away on April 30th at the age of 99, he repeated to himself the words of Maria Zambrano: "To die, this elusive act that...".