Lindsay Wilcox
2731 days ago
For all of its greatness, democratic culture proceeds from the idea that we're born as autonomous, self-creating individuals who need to be protected from, and made equal with, each other. It's simply not true. And it leads to the peculiar progressive impulse to master and realign reality to conform to human desire, whereas the Christian masters and realigns his desires to conform to and improve reality.
catholiceducation.org
As I sat down to write my talk last week, a friend emailed me a copy of a manuscript illustration from the thirteenth century. Much of what I say today you probably already know. But that doesn't prevent a good discussion, so I hope you'll bear with me.