26 Jan On Charles Taylor’s “A Secular Age”
I have always found Charles Taylor’s writings to be insightful and stimulating. This was especially true of his Massey lectures The Malaise of Modernity and of the earlier, weightier study...
23 Jan Artes Serviles
There is no truth in the allegation that I’m against all liberals. I am, for instance, in favour of the liberal arts. Thanks to the other liberals, however, our “systems...
18 Jan Reflections on Severity and Generosity
Blessed Anthony Grassi, superior of the Oratory in Fermo for thirty six years, from 1635 until his death in 1671, once said that he did not know how to be...
16 Jan Reflections on Taking the Lowest Place
When in the Gospel our Lord tells us to take the lowest place, we shouldn’t assume that being raised to a higher place will sooner or later follow automatically, as...
13 Jan Reflections on Faith
According to the Letter to the Hebrews, Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. In other words, Faith appears to be a contradiction....