The Scapegoat in the Pit: A Girardian Reflection on the Suppression of the Latin Mass
The Latin Mass may be in the pit now, but the pit is not the end.


Above: Joseph’s Bloody Coat Brought to Jacob by Diego Velázquez, 1630 We are familiar with the famous story of G.K. Chesterton, who was once asked to write an essay answering the question, “What’s wrong with the world?” His ‘essay’ reply for publication was disarmingly simple. Two words: “I am.” These two words, juxtaposed with God’s eternal “I AM,” underscore the paradox of our…