Catholicism
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The froth of lives
Can we still find refuge in our inner lives, rebel against this world that loves nothing but the external and its procession of emotions pushed to their extreme, and that distorts lives to make them all similar and ghostly? Continue reading
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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 casually, 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 world and how it's not doing, Distracting oneself from this conversation, as from any discussion, Go upstairs 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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Exile, migrants and the Holy Father (2)
Reflections on the Holy Father's various statements concerning migrants: The migrants arriving in Europe today are not all fleeing a catastrophic situation. They often arrive with broad smiles. They do not all appear destitute. They show no nostalgia for their homeland and arrive in large numbers to find a new life. 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 it closer to the 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 first 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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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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Lauda Sion
A magnificent sequence in the Mass of Corpus Christi, written by Saint Thomas Aquinas, this dogmatic poetry praises the new and true Zion, the Church. Benedict XVI said of this Mass: "These are texts that stir the waves of the heart, while the intellect, penetrating with wonder into the mystery, recognizes in the Eucharist the presence..." Continue reading
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Prayer of the craftsman
12th-Century Monastic Prayer: Teach me, Lord, to make good use of the time You give me for work… Teach me to unite haste and slowness, serenity and fervor, zeal and peace. Help me at the beginning of my work. Help me in the heart of my labor… And above all, fill in the gaps in my work Yourself. Continue reading
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Bismarck against France and Catholicism
Bismarck wrote to Count Arnim on November 11, 1871: "We must desire the maintenance of the republic in France for one last, major reason. Monarchical France was and always will be Catholic. Its policies gave it great influence in Europe, the Orient, and even the Far East. A way to counter its..." Continue reading
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Antigone, defiant and intimate (6/7. The vocation)
So many stories about identity! The word appears neither in Greek epic nor in tragedy. Identity in Antigone's time was rooted in lineage and belonging to a city-state. Identity was imbued with rootedness. Family and city-state gathered under a virtual banner everything that the other needed to know about oneself. Continue reading