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10/22/2011
Central to true religion is a certain response to life and to God which pagans can have and which Catholics can lose.
Central to true religion is a certain response to life and to God which pagans can have and which Catholics can lose.
Today’s post-Christian pagans are enemies of grace and nature alike. Pre-Christian classics can give special access to the human nature underlying grace.
An ancient Roan poet, not a Christian, expresses many truths of human nature. Grace is friend, not enemy, of this nature.
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.