Two Trinitarian Palestrinas
In honour of the Most Holy Trinity, Palestrina's Veni Sancte Spiritus, for four voices, first published in 1575.
https://youtu.be/J0FdXADkCzs
Compare with his later (1589) Veni Creator...
Seventh Sunday Quodlibetal
We moderns have been indoctrinated to regard the Middle Ages as a time of superstition and cruelty, but in fact they were quite wonderful....
Newman and His Fierce, Unchanging Religion
I will not shrink from uttering my firm conviction, that it would be a gain to this country, were it vastly more superstitious, more...
Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
We should glory in the Cross of our Lord Jesus, in whom is our salvation, life and resurrection, through whom we are saved and...
Our Love Must Make Us Strong: The Music of Loreena McKennitt
It all started one Christmas as I rummaged through the CD racks at the library, in search of Christmas music different than the usual...
Food for the Mind
A few good reads we might suggest:
In the metaphysical maelstrom that oft characterizes this current Magisterium, a nugget of clarity, in the recent document...
Guadalupe’s Timeless Message
This year, the third Sunday of Advent was also the great feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. This story is a very powerful reminder...
Romuald’s Eremetical Reform
Saint Romuald (+June 19, 1025/27) was a tenth-century monk, who founded the strict Camaldolese Order, named after their primary benefactor, Maldoli, who, impressed by...
Contrasting Two Films: Of Gods and Men, and The Way
Of Gods and Men (2010), Directed by Xavier Beauvois, Written by Xavier Beauvois and Étienne Comar
The Way (2011), Directed by Emilio Estevez, Written by...
Censoring Films
For those of you conscientious Catholics who also happen to own Netflix accounts, I'm sure you have cringed in your couch cushions at least...