religion
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Emotion at Notre-Dame du Lys
It was a very beautiful emotion that the entire congregation of the faithful of Notre-Dame du Lys felt this morning at the holy mass at 11:15 a.m. A delegation of Iraqi Christians from Baghdad was present, as well as an Iraqi priest who had simple and touching words to bear witness to the massacre of last October in the Continue reading
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What death for the West?
It is increasingly sweet to me to hear these speeches from Westerners gargling about the death of Catholicism, the death of this old skin of religion, when it is not simply the death of God. Continue reading
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Japan book review
I just finished reading "The Mask of the Samurai," an essay by Aude Fieschi (Editions Philippe Picquier). It's an educational, well-written book that presents the different facets of the Samurai throughout the Japanese Middle Ages until its decline with the advent of modern Japan. Continue reading
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Tribute to Jean-Marie Domenach
Rereading notes taken years ago while reading Jean-Marie Domenach's The Return of the Tragic, I remember our meeting. I see him arriving at my small studio in La Fourche, asking me for a glass of wine, and me starting to explain to him in detail the direction I'm taking. Continue reading
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The path of God passes through our humanity…
Extraordinary passage from Blessed Cardinal Newman: By sinning, by suffering, by correcting ourselves, by improving ourselves, we advance toward the truth through the experience of error; we obtain success through failure. We do not know how to act well except after having acted badly. […] We know what is good not from Continue reading
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Tibhirine's breath
It's an intelligent film. And in saying that, a lot has already been said. In an age where stupidity reigns supreme, making an intelligent film about faith allows you to get your head above water and inflate your lungs; to be satisfied. Of Gods and Men exemplifies the life of monks. What Continue reading
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Philia, agapê and other little things…
The Greeks used three words to describe love: eros, carnal love; philia, friendship; and agape, mature, accomplished love. Is love only there to comfort us? Shouldn't we seek to give meaning to love, as to every event in life? Only meaning saves the human condition. Meaning... Continue reading
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What Monsieur Ouine says in our time…
Monsieur Ouine, one of the greatest French novels of the 20th century, provides many answers to the modern world as it is. The following few quotes provide a glimpse of the evil that is everywhere. Continue reading
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Notes on the French Revolution
Most of the quotes about the French Revolution given in this article come from the book "Historically Correct" by Jean Sévillia. — Solzhenitsyn: "Since men are not endowed with the same capacities, if they are free, they will not be equal, and if they are equal, it is because they are not free." — There is a revolutionary idea Continue reading
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Smet's Father
There are some incredible stories. Pierre Jean Smet's is one of them. Chatting with my friend JB du C. with the same joy the other evening, I told him about my idea of a priest arriving in Japan in the 1830s, something almost impossible. Japan was completely closed to the outside world; the Meiji era Continue reading
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The secular and modern world
There is the beautiful Italian word "vergogna", there is the French word "shame" which has been emptied of its meaning in modern times. Who has not found themselves in the middle of a dinner with dear friends wanting to flee the place, flee so as to no longer have to endure the stupidity, the incoherence, the words Continue reading