by Javier F. Chento | May 21, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
This [social] order rests on two virtues, justice and charity. […] Justice has its limits, but charity has none: pressed by the command to do to others the good desired for one’s self, which is infinite, the lover of mankind will never feel that he has...
by Javier F. Chento | May 14, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
I have inside myself lively experience of an evil I believe belongs to the present generation. There are many good intentions, many generous inspirations, few resolutions, and still less perseverance. I note high intelligences, right wills, but little character. I am...
by Javier F. Chento | May 7, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
It’s time to share and retrieve our good; I mean: the old and popular ideas of justice, charity, fraternity. It’s time to show that we can defend the cause of the proletariat, engage in relief classes suffering, and pursue the abolition of pauperism,...
by Javier F. Chento | Apr 30, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
I believe in the progress of Christian times. I do not fear the falls and the gaps which may interrupt it: the chilly nights which follow the hot days do not prevent the summer from following its course and ripening its fruits. [.] When the barbarians levelled the...
by Javier F. Chento | Apr 23, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
In those times we found ourselves invaded by a avalanche of heterodox doctrines and philosophies that were confronting us all around, and we felt the need to strengthen our faith in the midst of the assaults made upon it by the various false systems of knowledge. Some...
