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Nota in Brevis
9-11 at 25
It was twenty-five years ago today that the towers fell. Many readers will recall the morning they turned on their radios and televisions - this was in the halyconic largely pre-widespread-internet era - to...
Editor's Corner
Biebl’s Ave Maria
Franz Biebl (1906 - 2001) was a contemporary German composer, known for his choral ensemble works, the best known of which is his Ave Maria (Angelus Domini), published just in time for Mary's month...
Nota in Brevis
Saints Cloud and Regina
Two saints to mark on this September 7th, which also happens to be Labour Day this year:
First, Saint Cloud, whose name evokes the ethereal and heavenly, fitting for these last days of summer. His...
Blogs
Rings of Power, Rings of Turpitude
The ongoing new take on Lord of the Rings - 'Rings of Power', an 'Amazon Original' - is, as expected, from what Ben Reinhard report - and I paraphrase - a dumpster fire, a...
Nota in Brevis
Celebrating Our Baptismal Day
On this day, I was baptized in Saint Patrick's church, in Dumbarton, Scotland, on the commemoration of King Saint Louis IX and Saint Joseph Calasanz, at least in the revised calendar. I recommend that...
Blogs
Petrine Papal Primacy
In light of today's readings on this Sunday, and Christ bestowing the papal office on Saint Peter, here is the text of Pastor Aeternus, the dogmatic constitution from the First Vatican Council (1879) defining...
Reviews
Palestrina’s Tu Es Petrus
As a meditation on this Sunday's liturgical theme, here is a reprise of Palestrina's motet Tu Es Petrus, based on Matthew's 16:18-19. The motet was first published in 1572, at the height of the...
Nota in Brevis
Saint Helena and the True Cross
August 18th is the traditional feast of Saint Helena, a barmaid in Britain who caught the eye of the co-emperor Constantius Chlorus, who married her. Their son was Constantine the Great, who defeated the...
