Tag Archives: War and Peace

Miserere mei, Deus

Posted on Friday, 24 January, 2020 by

On this 75th anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camps. Have mercy upon me, O God, after thy great goodness: according to the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offences. Wash me throughly from my wickedness: and cleanse … Continue reading →

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Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité

Posted on Thursday, 14 November, 2019 by

As I sat through the ceremony of reception today at the Préfecture of Rouen of myself and about fifty other new French citizens, I listened to the recorded propaganda message with the ears of a philosopher. The essential theme was … Continue reading →

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Abusus non tollit usum

Posted on Tuesday, 12 November, 2019 by

There is a story, perhaps untrue, about a public building that had all its fire extinguishers removed because it was esteemed that few people knew how to use them properly. It’s obviously better for the building to burn down and … Continue reading →

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In Flanders Fields

Posted on Saturday, 9 November, 2019 by

This poem of John McCrae is well known and taught to children in schools. He wrote from the point of those who were killed in the Great War. It reflects a view of war that remained too romantic and early … Continue reading →

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Ecclesial Cosmopolitanism

Posted on Monday, 28 October, 2019 by

The older I grow, the more I see a convergence of issues and thoughts. I began to read an article by Pauline Kleingeld, who wrote another work on Novalis and his puzzling fragment Die Christenheit oder Europa. This article is … Continue reading →

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Dystopia

Posted on Tuesday, 13 August, 2019 by

I have to admit that I often write from a worried point of view – about our future in the post-everything western world. I was particularly marked by studying Orwell’s 1984 for English literature at school – like most kids … Continue reading →

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Christian publishing during the Occupation

Posted on Thursday, 7 March, 2019 by

After my last posting, one of my faithful commenters (David Llewellyn Dodds) jogged my mind, and I mentioned in my comment replying to his I am presently reading Alan Jacobs, The Year of Our Lord 1943. Christian Humanism in an … Continue reading →

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