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Handel and His Miraculous Messiah
Handel's Messiah dates back to 1742, an Oratorio that pulls out all the stops, usually connected with Christmas, but actually follows the whole life of our Saviour from His birth, through His Passion, to...
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Sunday Musical Offering: Jean Mouton’s Nesciens Mater
Jean Mouton (1459 - 1522) was a French priest, canon and, like Vivaldi (also ordained), a prolific composer, well ahead of his time in his masterful use of polyphony, chords and harmony. From what...
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Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice. Indeed, the Lord is near (Philippians 4:4-5)
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So we venerate the martyrs with the same veneration of love and fellowship that we give to the holy men of God still with us. We sense that the hearts of these latter are...
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God has chosen the weak of the world, to confound the strong. He has chosen what is nothing,* so that no human creature may boast in the presence of God. (1 Cor 1:27)
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The 151st Anniversary of Saint Joseph as Patron of the Universal Church
Today marks the 151st anniversary of Saint Joseph being declared the patron of the universal Church, by Pope Blessed Pius IX, on this day, in 1870.
(A reader commented on the original version of this...
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God created all things, and Mary gave birth to God. The God who made all things gave himself form through Mary, and thus he made his own creation. He who could create all things...
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Our own evil inclinations are far more dangerous than any external enemies. (Saint Ambrose, Bishop and Doctor, +397)
