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11/20/2010
A London exhibition of paintings by Gauguin suggests that his flight to Pacific islands did not bring him peace of mind.
A London exhibition of paintings by Gauguin suggests that his flight to Pacific islands did not bring him peace of mind.
In Subiaco, Italy, St Benedict spent three years in a mountain cave, amidst God’s Nature, filling his soul with God’s grace.
Of two religious Sisters having to teach modern girls, one is daunted while the other is hopeful. Both are right.
St Thomas Aquinas analyses the structure and order of the Ten Commandments, showing how they sum up the natural law.
True sentiment is objective, proportionate to its external object. Sentimentality is subjective, corresponding to my internal emotional needs.
The Frankfurt School played a large part, before and after World War II, in making Western civilization lurch to the left.
A religious revival reportedly taking place in Russia may suggest that with the Fatima conversion it will help to save the Western Church.
As all structures of Western civilization crumble around us, we wonder if the next step is a super-9/11, or 9/11 squared – 81/121.
Truth is the matching of my mind to the reality outside it. Truth does exist. It can be found, and known.
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.