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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.
It is not unjust for a soul’s eternal fate to depend on its brief life on earth. God spoke to it constantly.
How can a modern artist like T.S.Eliot be praiseworthy? Because while facing modern man’s disorder, he never gives up on God’s order.
The 20th century’s most outstanding poet in English, T.S.Eliot, sets an example of not pretending that modernity is angelic.
The ugliness of modern art argues for God’s existence. God is not a policeman, but a liberator of the good in man.
The key to the problem of Gauguin and Maugham is modern society’s making war on God. Modern art cannot be serene.
Somerset Maugham’s fictional presentation of Gauguin’s life appreciates the famous artist, but seems to leave his problem unsolved.
A London exhibition of paintings by Gauguin suggests that his flight to Pacific islands did not bring him peace of mind.
By its disharmony, modern art points to some prior harmony, as harmony points to God. Despite itself, modern art points to God.
St Thomas Aquinas analyses the structure and order of the Ten Commandments, showing how they sum up the natural law.
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.