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05/15/2021
The best of white males’ culture we must cherish.
It has no rival, and it may not perish !
The best of white males’ culture we must cherish.
It has no rival, and it may not perish !
The American film-maker, John Ford, comes maybe as close as modern times can to that greatest of popular entertainers, William Shakespeare.
The gaunt last movement of Beethoven’s 29th piano sonata clearly foreshadowed the horrors of modern “music,” nearly 200 years ago.
Beethoven portrays in music a Roman hero whose turning against Rome was overcome only by his mother’s pleading, which saved Rome.
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.