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04/01/2017
The modern world has wholly lost its way.
I cannot follow, and not go astray.
The modern world has wholly lost its way.
I cannot follow, and not go astray.
If I will not live up to what I think,
My thoughts to the level of my life will sink.
One foolish girl can ruin a whole estate
And thereby weigh upon a Kingdom’s fate!
Three bishops told the truth, but “None so blind
As he who will not see” – he shuts his mind.
Let us be hard in mind, in manners gentle.
Softness of mind makes silly, sentimental.
If Academia lacks all rhyme and reason
That is because churchmen committed treason.
When Benedict makes Redemption all so nice,
Then Christ becomes no more than sugar and spice.
As the Conciliar Church in chaos sinks,
‘Tis a gift of God if anyone still thinks.
The Cardinal lost no hope from an evil world.
With faith he saw the triumph of Heaven unfurled.
The Church does parts from God and man combine.
The human can be rotted, not the divine.
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.