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Sunday Musical Offering: Bach’s Ascension Oratorio
Bach's Oratorio for the feast of the Ascension - Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen (Laud to God in all his kingdoms) - was first performed on May 15th, likely in 1738. The libretto follows...
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Tolkien and Saint Brendan
J.R.R. Tolkien wrote much else besides Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit - he was an Oxford scholar, with many articles and essays and, of course, poems, including one on today's saint, Brendan...
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Novena to the Holy Ghost, Third Day – The Gift of Piety
Third Day (for the First Day, please see here)
Thou, of all consolers best,
Visiting the troubled breast,
Dost refreshing peace bestow
The Gift of Piety
The gift of Piety begets in our hearts a filial affection...
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Novena to the Holy Ghost, Second Day – The Gift of Fear
Second Day (for the First Day, please see here)
Come, Father of the Poor!
Come, treasures that endure!
Come, Light of all that live!
The Gift of Fear
The gift of Fear fills us with a sovereign respect...
Articles
Ascension and Novena to the Holy Ghost
In the Church universal, the solemnity of Ascension is on its traditional day, Thursday - so a blessed, if belated, and joyous one to all our readers - commemorating Our Lord’s return to heaven,...
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Felicitations for Leo
A brief note to wish Pope Leo XIV a very blessed and grace-filled one year anniversary as Pope. As the saying goes, it’s difficult to believe it was only a year ago, as so...
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Breaking a 26 Mile Barrier
Well, some thought it couldn't be done, but Sabastian Sawe and Yomif Kejelcha broke the two-hour barrier of the marathon, a 26 mile race of grit and endurance:
Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe becomes FIRST person EVER...
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Prima Vera Verily Arriving
Spring is slowly, but I hope surely, arriving here where I live, which happens to be near a lake called Kamaniskeg (an Indigenous name meaning 'shining water). It doesn't' shine much during the winter,...
