Thursday, April 29, 2021

They love [the truth] when it shines, they hate it when it reproves.

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"Amant eam [(veritatem)] lucentem, oderunt eam redarguentem."      St. Augustine, Confessions X.xxiii.34.  Lit., They love [the tr...

"We are spoiled children, we who can allow ourselves to play with the idea of truth because we are not forced to lie."

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      Rémi Brague, Moderately modern, trans. Paul Seaton (South Bend, IN:  St. Augustine's Press, 2019), 149.  And yet we are, in subtle...
Monday, April 26, 2021

"When one does not know the truth of a thing, it is good that there be a common error that fixes the mind of men"

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"Lorsqu’on ne sait pas la vérité d’une chose, il est bon qu’il y ait une erreur commune qui fixe l’esprit des hommes. . . ." Trans...
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Sunday, April 25, 2021

So that the lowliness of the flock may arrive at that to which the grandeur/courage of the Shepherd has gone before

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Anton Mauve (1838-1888) "Almighty ever-living God, lead us to a share in the joys of heaven, so that the humble flock may reach where t...

Marriage is by nature exclusive, just not when it comes to the one thing that most characteristically distinguishes it from all other relationships

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"we are being asked by the gay or the women's movement. . . . to do three things, one [(no. 1)] compatible with tradition and two [...
Saturday, April 24, 2021

The historical roots of our ecological crisis

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"the text of Genesis (1, 26) which seems to legitimate the exploitation of nature was never interpreted in this sense by either Jews or...

The life-giving Word of God

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      "When the life-giving [( ζωοποιὸς )] Word of God dwelt in human flesh, he changed [( μετεσκεύασεν )] it into that good thing wh...