Musical Offering: Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto
Mozart's Clarinet Concerto in A major, K.622, was one of Josef Ratzinger's favorite pieces of music, or at least so I recall reading once, even...
Bare Knuckles Apologetics: Richard Dawkins Revisited
The British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins is possibly the most ubiquitous atheist on the planet. He has dedicated himself to countless books, lectures, and...
Book Review: Coached by the Curé, Lessons in Shepherding with St. John Vianney
(Here is a very fitting and a propos review and meditation on this Solemnity of the Sacred Heart from Father Marco Testa on Saint...
Musical Offering: Starry, Starry Night
On this July 27th, in 1890, Vincent van Gogh - who suffered from mental illness for much of his life - shot himself in...
Bairstow’s Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
Sir Edward Bairstow (1874 - 1946) was an Anglican organist and composer, who wrote mainly for the church. Our schola learned this polyphonic rendition...
Wolfgang Smith’s Legacy: A Metaphysician for Our Times
On July 19, 2024, the world lost Wolfgang Smith, one of the most underappreciated yet profoundly important thinkers of our time. A rare polymath,...
Not All Prophets Wear Tin Foil: A Critical Review of QAnon, Chaos, and the...
In an age of spiritual confusion, eroding trust, and institutional abdication, QAnon, Chaos, and the Cross, edited by Michael W. Austin and Gregory L....
Bach’s Cantata in Praise of the Baptist
Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam is one of a few cantatas J.S. Bach compose in honouor of Saint John the Baptist, first performed in...
Bach’s Cantata for Trinity Sunday
J.S. Bach composed this cantata for Trinity Sunday in 1725, first performed on May 27th of that year. The libretto begins with Es ist...
Veni Creator Spiritus
A blessed, joyous and grace-filled solemnity of Pentecost to all our readers, the feast of the descent of the Holy Spirit, the public manifestation...
