Victoria’s Caligaverunt Oculi Mei
Tomas Luis de Victoria (1548 - 1611) composed this motet of lament sometime before 1585, when it was published. The text, below, is taken...
Passion Sunday: The Rending of the Veil
While the sun’s light failed…the curtain of the temple was torn in two (Lk.23:45).
Palm Sunday begins our observance of Holy Week, the Week of...
Luke’s Passion and Compassion
Last year on Palm Sunday we heard the passion from Saint Mark’s Gospel, and next year it will be from Saint Matthew. Each is...
The Two Passions of J.S. Bach
As we begin Passiontide, and begin Holy Week, it is fitting to suggest some solemn music to fit the season, here the two settings...
Our Lady of Sorrows Celebration in Malta
Today, the Friday before Good Friday, in Malta and Gozo is celebrated the devotion of Our Lady of Sorrows. Today, all Malta and Gozo...
The Riddle of the Tongues: A Review
The Riddle of the Tongue Stones: How Blessed Nicolas Steno Uncovered the Hidden History of the Earth - Thomas Salerno (2024), Word on Fire...
SAD to See Life Issues Being Silenced
In the fifth of a series of voters’ guides for conscience-informed Catholics, Matthew Marquardt notes that abortion and medical non-culpable homicide are leading causes...
Whatever Happened to Sin?
(Pius XII warned in 1946 that the worst sin of the twentieth century was the loss of the sense of sin. In Sunday's Gospel, ...
Entering Into Passiontide
‘Sir, we wish to see Jesus’ (Jn. 12:20).
The veiled statues and images in our churches indicate that we have entered into Passiontide. Next Sunday,...
Fifth Sunday of Lent: The Infinite, Incarnate Mercy of God
I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord (Phil. 3:8). ⧾
Our Gospel reading today is taken...
