The Clear intention of following Saint Thomas Aquinas Saint John Paul II wrote, “Philosophy … is the mirror which reflects the culture of a people.”[1] Therefore, the study of philosophy is for us—dedicated specifically to the evangelization of the culture[2]—of singular and eminent relevance. This is pointed out in our Constitutions, where we read […]
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A Providential Vision of Life In a world that is anxious about surrounding itself with human securities, that strives to flee from suffering and only pursues pleasures, that explores the sciences because of the promise that they will guarantee it a tomorrow, that conceives of life and of happiness itself as the product of
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The grace of combat No enemies[1] You have no enemies, you say? Alas! my friend, the boast is poor; He who has mingled in the fray Of duty, that the brave endure, Must have made foes! If you have none, Small is the work that you have done. You’ve hit no traitor on the
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“The Self-destruction of the Church” Saint Paul VI[1] G. K. Chesterton once said: “Progress should mean that we are always changing the world to fit the vision, instead we are always changing the vision.” By this he meant that unless we have a fixed concept of what progress really is, we will never really
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The Church in the Wilderness Recently, the American commentator Tucker Carlson said in his weekly column: “Is God dead? That’s the question that Time Magazine famously asked way back in 1966 when Time Magazine mattered. The answer then and now is no, God is not dead, but a lot of the people who believed in
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Resist him, firm in your faith 1 Peter 5:9 There was a French tightrope walker named Charles Blondin.[1] He was able to do incredible tricks on the tightrope. All throughout Paris he performed his acrobatic acts at great heights, which both entertained and frightened his spectators. He performed act after act, doing acrobatics with his
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The Greatest Grace Directory of Spirituality, 37 “If we look seriously at the time we live in now, we have to admit that the situation for us Christians in Germany is far more comfortless and confused than it was for the early Christians under the bloodiest persecutions. Many people would perhaps think, ‘Why did God
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“Fully live the Christian and priestly kingship and lordship” Constitutions, 214 “We want to form priestly souls of priests who are not ‘tributaries,’[1]”[2] our proper law declares with all firmness and clarity. What does it mean to be a tributary? Our documents also explain this: “Tributary […] is the one who recognizes the lordship that
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Rome, November 1st, 2019 “In order to build the Kingdom, Jesus called men to make them disciples” Directory of Spirituality, 118 Dear Fathers, Brothers, Seminarians, and Novices, On Sunday, November 24th, the last of the liturgical year, we will celebrate the solemnity of Jesus Christ, King of the universe, a feast that was instituted relatively
San José, USA, September 1st, 2019 “Love that is not born from the cross of Christ is weak” Directory of Spirituality, 137 Dear Fathers, Brothers, Seminarians, and Novices, The mystery that identifies us, that of the Incarnation of the Word, is directly related to the mystery of the Cross that we will celebrate in a
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