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Tag Archives: Charles Péguy
A Coda on COV&R in Innsbruck (present and past…)
Bleary eyed after 24 hours of travel from Austria to San Francisco the accumulated work of two weeks away from the Cornerstone Forum office awaits me. Before I dig into the pile of paper, emails, and related chores I would … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Péguy, Colloquium on Violence & Religion, immigration, Innsbruck, Islam, René Girard, Richard Wilbur, scapegoats, truth
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Had Enough…?
“It is one and the same movement which makes people no longer believe in the Republic and no longer believe in God, no longer want to lead a republican life, and no longer want to lead a Christian life, they … Continue reading
Post-Father’s Day reflections….
The recent hiatus in posting to this blog page was due to my current dual role of Cornerstone Forum’s chief cook and bottle washer, as well as grandpa and helper to my daughter’s family in Maryland as they awaited the … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Péguy, fathers, happiness, Leonard Cohen
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Father’s Day Thoughts
Here is something from Charles Péguy to consider on Father’s Day: There is only one adventurer in the world, as can be seen very clearly in the modern world, the father of a family. Even the most desperate adventurers are … Continue reading
Péguy on The Modern World…and Playing Games with God
The modern world as a whole is a world that thinks only about its own old age. It is a monstrous old people’s home, an institution for pensioners. … Avarice in the form of anxiety about tomorrow is the lord … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, Charles Péguy, children, old age
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Proof
Christianity has never produced proofs in the sense given to the word by gross men; its best and only proof is just that it offers none. Charles Péguy
Winners & Losers…
“There is a secret gnawing certainty that tells us that in success there is always a residue of impurity, in victory always a residue of coarseness … that there is and can be complete purity only in misfortune, and that … Continue reading
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Destiny…Man’s and God’s Kingdom
Where others saw only superficial politics, Bernanos saw man’s eternal destiny and, indeed, the destiny of God’s Kingdom at stake. Just as an individual sins, plunges into the abyss, undergoes conversion, and confesses his wrongdoing, so too a country in … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Péguy, conversion, destiny, George Bernanos, Hans Urs von Balthasar, modernity, sin
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