An Easter Hymn: Ad cenam Agni providi
Ad cenam Agni providi, stolis salutis candidi,
post transitum maris Rubri, Christo canamus principi.
Cuius corpus sanctissimum, in ara crucis torridum,
sed et cruorem roseum, gustando Dei...
Evelyn Waugh and the Mass of the Ages
I was struck as I finished up reading over a small volume of letters by the great English writer Evelyn Waugh, author of such...
Australia needs the Sacred Heart of Jesus
(Australia, the antipodean Land Down Under, is under a severe lockdown, with people arrested for surfing all alone, and, what is far worse, no...
Palestrina’s Lamentations of Jeremiah
In this last day of Lent, Spy Wednesday, we may profit from another musical adaptation of the Lamentations of Jeremiah, in the style of...
The Catholic Church: A History of Adapting and Embracing New Technology
Go forth without fear, for he who created you has made you holy, has always protected you, and loves you as a mother. —St....
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
We just received this notification, signifying that there still is truth, justice and good news in this world:
I would like to inform you that...
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,...
