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Blogs
Vivaldi’s Juditha Triumphans
Juditha Triumphans is an oratorio by Antonio Vivaldi, the only one of four he is known to have written which survived. Its date of composition is not precisely known, but is a metaphorical meditation...
Nota in Brevis
Of Westphalia and Waterfalls
October 24th marks several anniversaries: The Treaty of Westphalia was signed on this day in 1648, ending the 30-year war of ‘religion’, fought primarily between Catholics and Protestants, although sides got mixed with nationalistic...
Nota in Brevis
Poland, Proms and Pseudo Marriage
First, some good news, much needed at present: Poland has almost – and we must admit, almost – banned abortion outright, making illegal termination of pregnancy for ‘fetal defects’, which was the purported reason...
Quotes
Do not be afraid. Open, I say open wide the doors for Christ... Christ knows “that which is in man”. He alone knows it. So often today, man does not know that which is...
Quotes
Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her in the...
Quotes
The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him (G.K. Chesterton)
Quotes
Go courageously to God, along the way He has traced out for you, steadfastly embracing the means He offers you. (Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, +1690)
