In light of the values
Authority has lost its prestige along with humility. Authority has become synonymous with implacable order, unthinking force, tyranny...
Tag: Catholicism
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...
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?.
News about humility
The human vision of humility is like the human vision of love: limited. Humility must exert its authority at all times and in all places.
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…”.
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...
The death of intimacy
Everywhere, on the internet, in newspapers, or on television, personal experience is displayed, exhibited, and presented as the gold standard. This indecent...
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...