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SpanishMane, Thecel . . .
02/13/2010
Today’s eat-drink-and-be-merry economics are collapsing, as they had to. We have been found wanting, and must be punished.
Today’s eat-drink-and-be-merry economics are collapsing, as they had to. We have been found wanting, and must be punished.
Modern economics are insane. The Austrian School’s relatively sane economics come down to common sense: do not spend more than you earn.
In economics as in religion, compromises that have built up over centuries are finally breaking down. But the Church will survive.
If wild finances and crippled welfare are merely the logical conclusion of free-for-all capitalism, how about trying the Gospel?
Overwhelming debt is at the heart of today’s financial crisis. Too many people and governments have been living beyond their means.
The natural order of religion, politics, economics and finance has today been reversed, yet the financiers are not, after all, in command.
The world’s economic and financial crisis rolls on. Get rid of credit cards, and be ready for the global police-state.
Several pieces of practical advice for the financial storm coming. We have worshipped Mammon. We must take our punishment.
The mass of people are living in a fantasy-land. The endless piling up of debt must come to an end before long.
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.