Nicholas Ludford: A Forgotten Master of English Polyphony
Among the composers of Renaissance England, Thomas Tallis and William Byrd are easily the best known, but they are not the only composers to...
Musical Offering: O Bone Iesu
As we enter into Passiontide, for our musical selection this week we present Palestrina's O Bone Iesu, a short motet for four voices composed...
On Pilgrimage to Our Lady of Walsingham
(On this feast of the Visitation, it is fitting that we post this reflection from contributor Rebecca Jacobson on a pilgrimage she took to...
Tolkien, Discernment, and Vocation in The Lord of the Rings
The Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, Lumen Gentium, issued from the Second Vatican Council, emphasized the point that every person has a vocation to...
A Fateful Choice, Forty Six Years Ago
As we celebrate the memorial of Pope Saint John Paul II on October 22nd, we should also recall that it was on the 16th...
The Catholic Spirit of Beethoven
Beethoven was baptized a Catholic on December 17th, 1770Â - in the time of Advent we now find ourselves, in the proximate preparation for...
Henry Walpole and William Byrd
Tertullian’s oft-quoted phrase, “the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church,” immediately evokes scenes of the early Christians in the Roman...
Echoes of Holiness: The Relics of Saint Andrew Bobola
(Pope Saint John Paul II had a great devotion to Saint Andrew Bobola, and venerated his relics - fitting on this twentieth anniversary of...
Why is There a Pope?
"I pray that you will be one as I and the Father are one." John 17:21
A Protestant friend of mine once asked why Catholics...
Pope Benedict and the Sacred Heart
SOLEMNITY OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS
OPENING OF THE YEAR FOR PRIESTS
ON THE 150th ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH
OF SAINT JOHN MARY VIANNEY
HOMILY OF HIS...
