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Mendelssohn’s Ave Maria
On this memorial of the Holy Name of Mary, here is a magnificent rendition of the Ave Maria by Felix Mendelssohn, which may seem odd, as he was a 'Reformed Christian' from the age...
Quotes
Mary means Star of the sea, for as mariners are guided to port by the ocean star, so Christians attain to glory through Mary's maternal intercession." (St. Thomas Aquinas)
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Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die. (G.K. Chesterton)
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Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor – On Guitar
I wouldn't have thought it could be done, but for our musical selection this Sunday - after a respite from these - here is Tariq Harb playing J.S. Bach's famous Toccata and Fugue in...
Quotes
arkness yields before the coming of the light, and grace exchanges legalism for freedom. But midway between the two stands today’s mystery, at the frontier where types and symbols give way to reality, and...
Nota in Brevis
The Deleterious Ecclesial Effects of Markan Priorism
Here is some food for thought, from Catholic author Jerome D. Gilmartin, on the deleterious effect of the 'Markan priorist' hypothesis - that Mark wrote the first Gospel, rather than Matthew, as is the...
Nota in Brevis
Eunuchs for the Kingdom and the Three ‘C’s’ of Sexuality
I have an article out in Catholic World Report on what Christ might mean by becoming 'eunuchs for the kingdom', which at first hearing sounds like a bit of a downer, if not impossible,...
Quotes
Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin. (Saint Teresa of Calcutta, +1997)
