Ave Verum – William Byrd’s Secret Treasure
We try to offer some musical selections for our readers on these great solemnities - so more to come! - but why not begin...
God, Atheism, and Becoming Like Little Children
Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven (Mt 18:3).
Though many of...
The Most Holy Trinity
He who believes in him is not condemned; he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name...
Defending the Holy Trinity
The doctrine of the Trinity is the defining dogma of Christianity: “The grace of our Lord, Jesus Christ, the love of God, the communion...
Peter and Marcellinus, Hidden Yet Their Voice Goes Out Through All the Earth
Like many of the early martyrs, not much is known of Saints Marcellinus and Peter, except that they died for the Faith during the...
Two Magnificats for Mary
On this feast of the Visitation, the last day of May, here are two musical renditions of the Magnificat, which Mary says - sings? -...
The Visitation: The First Eucharistic Procession
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI
DURING THE PRAYER MEETING IN THE VATICAN GARDENS
FOR THE CONCLUSION OF THE MARIAN MONTH OF MAYGrotto of Our Lady...
Sovietization, Migration and Destabilization
“If my requests are heeded, Russia will be converted, and there will be peace; if not, she will spread her errors throughout the world,...
Saint John Paul II’s Pentecost
Homily of His Holiness John Paul II
Sunday, 31 May 1998, The Solemnity of Pentecost
Credo in Spiritum Sanctum, Dominum et vivificantem:I believe in the Holy...
Cantatas for Pentecost, Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam
J.S. Bach (1685 - 1750) , composed a series of cantatas for the Church's liturgical year during his time as kappelmeister and kantor at...