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06/02/2018
Nature needs music, then let both be prized.
A price is paid if either be despised.
Nature needs music, then let both be prized.
A price is paid if either be despised.
A world unbalanced, unharmonious, sad,
To line the soul needs Mozart, wise and glad.
The gaunt last movement of Beethoven’s 29th piano sonata clearly foreshadowed the horrors of modern “music,” nearly 200 years ago.
The heroism portrayed in the first movement of Beethoven’s third Symphony inspires the idea of Catholic heroes making war for the Church.
To a doubting French journalist the author of “Eleison Comments” expresses confidence that the imminent Motu Proprio will do much good.
Indeed, it both declares that the Tridentine Mass was never banned, and permits Latin rite priests to use it, whenever and wherever.
By overloading our eyes and ears, said Kafka, the cinema overwhelms our minds. Minds being overwhelmed means that lies triumph.
In his outstanding Encyclical of 100 years ago, Pius X nailed the deadly error of modern times: minds’ independence from their object.
Despite many Catholics’ reservations as to the content and motivation of the Motu Proprio, one may still believe it will do good.