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Paganini, Classical and Gypsy Style
Niccolò Paganini (1782 - 1840) was one of the most virtuoso of violinists (and also classical guitarists, apparently), whose compositions count amongst the most technically difficult, and awe inspiring. As he put it, 'I...
Nota in Brevis
The Battle Continues
Today marks the anniversary of one of the greatest victories in the history of Christendom, the defeat of the Islamic Ottoman Turks on July 22, 1456, fresh from their destruction of Constantinople three years...
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A Sign of Hope
A reader sent along this photo, taken yesterday over the skies of Montreal, and Saint Joseph's Oratory:
We should recall that the rainbow is a sign of God's hope, love, benevolence and mercy, and it...
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Elijah the Prophet
A friend just reminded me that today, a few days after Our Lady of Mount Carmel, is the commemoration of the great prophet Elijah, mighty as a whirlwind, on which he was taken up...
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The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people (G.K. Chesterton)
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Infallible Infallibility
On this July 17th, 1870, the First Vatican Council solemnly declared the doctrine of infallibility â infallibly. The prelude to the definition was surrounded with controversy, with figures such as Cardinal Newman warning that,...
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The Georges’ Water Music
On a warm July 17, in the year 1717, King George II sailed down the Thames with a group of nobles, followed by a barge filled with musicians playing a new trio of suites...
