Scottish Catholic Observer

Anyone familiar with the life and writings of Simone Weil will, I am sure, agree that she was a woman of exceptional faith. She was also a woman with an unwavering commitment to the poor. But, and this may seem anomalous, she was also exceptional and unwavering in a certain resistance she had towards the institutional church. During her lifetime she longed for daily Eucharist, even as she resisted Baptism and membership in the Church. Why? It wasn’t the Church’s faults and failings that bothered her. She was a realist and accepted that every family and institution has its infidelities, ... continue reading.