Bach’s ‘With Joy and Peace I Depart’
In 1725, on this feast of the Presentation/Candlemas/Purification, J.S. Bach first presented his cantata Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin - With Joy...
Confronting Misconceptions: A Critical Response to the Wayward Christology of Fr. Richard Rohr
Fr. Richard Rohr’s The Universal Christ is a popular spiritual book today. This New York Times Bestseller is rated highly in Amazon’s Religious Ethics...
The Holy Rosary Through the Visions of Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich
Compiled and edited by Fr. Mark Higgins
Catholic Way Publishing, 2019
ISBN-13: 978-1-78379-510-9
Paperback CDN$13.08 on Amazon.ca
In modern-day Marian apparitions, Our Blessed Mother repeats her urgent message:...
Palestrina’s Sicut Cervus
There are few - some may argue none - who can match Palestrina's composition, and his ars perfecta, in full form here with his motet...
Friedrich Ernst Fesca’s Hidden Treasure
For today's Sunday musical offering, here is the string quartet in C-minor by Friedrich Ernst Fesca (1789 - 1826), who deserves to be much,...
By Reason Alone: Assembling the great puzzle
By Reason Alone: Assembling the Great Puzzle
by Jacek Bacz
Justin Press, 2010
ISBN: 978-0-98131-844-8
At the start of this rewarding book Jacek Bacz states that it is...
Captain America
Wow. Just...wow. Captain America: The Winter Soldier had it all: action, suspense, mystery, romance, camaraderie, spies, secrets, and—most importantly—awesome superheroes. The action scenes were spectacular, but...
A Christmas Carol: Thoughts, and an Audio Book
Charles Dickens' novella A Christmas Carol was first published on this December 19 back in 1843, and it has been a much beloved classic...
Mozart’s Ave Verum
Since this Sunday has a Eucharistic theme - see Father Marco Testa's reflection today - I thought we would post Mozart's Ave Verum, one...
FaurĂ©’s Requiem
Gabriel Fauré composed his Requiem between 1887 and 1890, with an initial premiere at a funeral in 1888. Some say that he was inspired...
