by pensum | Jul 3, 2011 | Le Gant de Crin
Conversion is a form of suicide. Except that it has the major advantage that one reaches the other side alive.
by pensum | Jul 2, 2011 | Le Gant de Crin
Being an artist is particularly dangerous because being one rarely goes without ambition and this ambition binds us to the earth not only while we are here, but also later, when we no longer exist. We intend to survive here, to still matter and shine, of course,...
by pensum | Jun 28, 2011 | Le Gant de Crin
A mystery exists for believer and unbeliever alike, for earthly life is the same for them both. An infinite wall of which neither the ends nor the top nor the bottom can be seen. Except, this wall, for the unbeliever, is an obstacle against which he vainly strikes his...
by pensum | Jun 27, 2011 | Le Gant de Crin
Nothing is easier, when supported by a little grace, than to imitate a saint. Once, a day, two weeks or six months. But throughout one’s entire life, without fail, that’s the stumbling-block. Yet that is what saints do. For saints imitate each other as...
by pensum | Jun 25, 2011 | Le Gant de Crin
There comes a time when one feels that people cannot do anything for you nor you for them, that is when one discovers the mysterious power of prayer.
by pensum | Jun 24, 2011 | Le Gant de Crin
The secret of religion, of faith is this: that man ceases to live on the illusion of his own power. That he sees his actual weakness and immediately another power arises within him, a true power, founded on reality and which will not fail him.
