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The Church is like a great ship being pounded by the waves of life's different stresses. Our duty is not to abandon ship, but to keep her on her course. (Saint Boniface, +754)
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Lauda Sion
From Tomás Luis de Victoria, his motet in praise of the Holy Eucharist, from 1585, in an era when the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass was suppressed throughout Europe, falling into the errors of...
Nota in Brevis
An Addendum to the Ugandan Martyrs, and King Mwanga
I was reading some of the corollary to the martyrs we celebrate today, the numerous 'pages' of King Mwanga put to death for resisting his unnatural sexual advances. He had them burned alive, an...
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There is nothing so great as the Eucharist. If God had something more precious, He would have given it to us. ~ Saint Jean Vianney
Nota in Brevis
A Letter to a Local Paper
The local newspaper of the area in which I happen to live published an editorial a few weeks ago, claiming that those who have reservations about the draconian Covid protocols are like 'bad fruit'...
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Two Trinitarian Palestrinas
In honour of the Most Holy Trinity, Palestrina's Veni Sancte Spiritus, for four voices, first published in 1575.
https://youtu.be/J0FdXADkCzs
Compare with his later (1589) Veni Creator Spiritus, based on the ancient Gregorian chant:
https://youtu.be/2wZud4MT3uw
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Each person considered in himself is entirely God. . . the three considered together. . . I have not even begun to think of unity when the Trinity bathes me in its splendour. I...
