Social gathering at the Vatican
It's always a surprise to discover, like this morning, an interview with someone, whether well-known or not, but representative of our time, admitting that their encounter...
Tag: religion
Sundays
Is it Sunday? It's Sunday! Savoring the dawning day as if speaking to no one in particular, enjoying a hearty breakfast, it's a day of celebration, let's not forget...
Prayer, every morning of the world.
What a marvel these senses are, all these visual, tactile, auditory, gustatory, or olfactory impressions return and form memory, where the...
An outline on authority, or a definition of the progressive.
Following the article, "Why this hatred of authority?", I received numerous reactions. The first consisted of confusion, or of asking me not to...
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...
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 bad encounter. It...
What is the problem with Paul VI's mass?
More than fifty years ago, the Catholic Church adopted a new Mass that broke with the tradition of the Church in an unprecedented way...
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 rite...
Benedict XVI in Paradise!
— Is it morning or evening? My breath would catch, then catch again. As if it were malfunctioning. It was failing me. My lungs were leaving me. I breathed...
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.
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 combine haste and slowness….
Antigone, defiant and intimate (7/7. Love)
Part 7 and final part: Love. Antigone's desire is familial; she does not want to leave her brother unburied. Creon, on the other hand, desires to...
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 is based on...
In light of the values
Authority has lost its prestige along with humility. Authority has become synonymous with implacable order, unthinking force, tyranny...