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03/20/2010
A distressed young man wonders how, in today’s circumstances, to be a man. He is advised to fill himself with God.
A distressed young man wonders how, in today’s circumstances, to be a man. He is advised to fill himself with God.
If anybody is scared by the present situation of the world, let him activate his Faith! God is still in command.
A godless people have no discipline coming from within. For their society to survive, it must turn into a police-state.
Marcel de Corte, a Belgian philosopher of the 20th century, diagnosed contemporary man’s sickness as a mechanical angelism, arising out of rationalism.
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.