Holy Communion Prayer
Holy Communion Prayer
In ancient years You bled upon a tree.
May You bleed upon this altar now for me.
The Host raised high, the Cup aloft...
J.S. Bach and Saint Michael
Michaelmas of 1724 - the 29th of September, now the feast of all the Archangels - saw the first performance of J.S. Bach's cantata,...
Three Characters in Jane Eyre as Windows into the Moral Life
I recently reread Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre, which I first read when I was a teenager; now, in my thirties, I have since reread...
Palestrina’s Tu Es Petrus
As a meditation on this Sunday's liturgical theme, here is a reprise of Palestrina's motet Tu Es Petrus, based on Matthew's 16:18-19. The motet...
Homeric Reduction: An Odyssean Review
With Robert Fagles’ 1996 translation of Homer’s Odyssey fresh in my mind, I went to see Chrisopher Nolan’s new film a couple weeks ago....
Musical Offering: Mendelssohn’s Ave Maria
On this Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into heaven, body and soul, here to help celebrate is a magnificent rendition...
A Possible Addendum to the Chesterton – Darrow Debate
Recently I returned to an unsigned New York Times review of the Darrow - Chesterton debate in 1931. In that review the author quotes...
Musical Offering: Couperin’s Motet in Praise of Saint Anne
François Couperin (1668 - 1733) was one of the great Baroque composers, perhaps most famous for his keyboard - harpsichord and organ - works,...
The Definitely Not Complacent Flannery O’Connor
I recently reread Daniel Deronda, by George Eliot. What does that have to do with Flannery O’Connor, you might ask? Well, bear with me....
Arthur Brooks and the Architecture of Meaning in the Christian Life
“Your life does have meaning, and you can find it.” – The Meaning of Your Life.
At a time when many young adults are fixated...
