The Passions of John and Matthew, in Bach’s Contrapuntal
This is the anniversary of the first performance of Bach's Saint John's Passion, so a re-posting during this Holiest of Weeks seemed to be...
George Cardinal Pell, Freed at Last
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Thoughts on a Pestilence
Let’s see.
Housebound by this COVID-19 crisis, I’ve been watching a lot of YouTube videos. Probably more than reasonable people might consider healthy. Nevertheless, this...
Vexilla Regis Prodeunt: Chant, Victoria and Palestrina
A blessed and grace-filled Passion-Palm Sunday to one and all of our readers.
Father Callam has a wonderful meditation on the Vexilla Regis Prodeunt, the...
A Silent Passion Sunday, Filled with Hope
Christ Jesus, though He was in the form of Go, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, but emptied Himself,...
The Mystery of Salvific Suffering
As we move towards Holy Week in this last week of Lent - in the midst of this global crisis, the unfolding effects of which...
Tallis’ Lamentations
Fitting music for these days are the Lamentations of Jeremiah, as put to profound polyphony by the genius of Thomas Tallis (1505 - 1585),...
Christ’s Bearing the Pain of the World
For God created man for incorruption, and made him the image of his own eternity, but through the devil’s envy death entered the world,...
Desolation, Death and Resurrection
The fifth Sunday in Lent marks the beginning of Passiontide. It is customary in churches to veil all statues and images until the celebration...
The Raising of Lazarus
How old was Lazarus? Robert Browning, in a poem written in 1855—An Epistle Containing the Strange Medical Experience of Karshish, the Arab Physician—suggests that...
