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11/12/2011
If man is to woman as stake is to tomato-plant, then he must stand firm by his work, and tall by God.
If man is to woman as stake is to tomato-plant, then he must stand firm by his work, and tall by God.
If modern city-dwellers cannot flee like Benedict to a mountain cave, they can still build a cave for God within their souls.
A famous sonnet, coming from the love of God, shows the originality of the English poet and Jesuit priest, Gerard Manley Hopkins.
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.