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Articles
An Ancient Homily for Holy Saturday
The time between Good Friday and Easter Sunday is one of waiting, in silence, as the world wonders - anticipates - what will happen, after the death of Christ. We re-live this time each...
Nota in Brevis
Bishop Fulton Sheen’s 58th Good Friday Reflection
Incredible, at the beginning of this reflection, that the Venerable Bishop Sheen declares that he has given nearly 58 Good Friday reflections - this, as far as I can gather, was his final one,...
Editor's Corner
Allegri’s Miserere and Mozart’s Memory
On this Good Friday, a fitting help to our devotion is Allegri's Miserere, his unsurpassed musical setting of Psalm 51, recited in Lauds (Morning Prayer) every Friday. Composed around 1638, under the patronage of...
Featured
Spy Wednesday, and Bishop Sheen’s Take on Judas
Today is traditionally called Spy Wednesday, the day on which Judas Iscariot made the fateful decision, deep in his heart and at Satan's prompting, to hand over Our Lord for thirty pieces of silver...
Editor's Corner
Parsing Pope Leo’s Plea for Peace
We will post the introduction and link to Pope Leo's sermon from Palm Sunday, petitioning in pliant terms for peace. May all those involved in the conflict in Iran, across the Middle East, and...
Reviews
The Two Passions of J.S. Bach
As we enter in Holy Week, it is fitting to suggest some solemn music to fit the season, here the two settings of the 'Passion' put to music by Johann Sebastian Bach. According to...
Editor's Corner
A Bad Moon Risin’
We're now into the second month of the Iran vs. America/Israel War - or whatever name one wants to give it, whether 'war' or 'conflict', or who's involved, or who might become involved, as...
Nota in Brevis
Bill C-9: Prelude to Persecution?
Well, it happened, as I suppose was inevitable, at least in a secular sense (from God' perspective, there's always hope). Bill C-9, the ironically named 'Combatting Hate Act' passed the House of Commons with...
