RoboCops
The 1987 movie RoboCop has become a household classic over the last 27 years and even if you have not seen it, chances are you have...
Bach and the Fourth Sunday of Advent
J.S. Bach composed Cantatas for many Sundays and feasts (over 200!)- in the Lutheran liturgical calendar, to be sure, but one which remained close...
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...
Treasure and Tradition: The Ultimate Guide to the Latin Mass
“This is not a ‘religious service’ or a scripture class; this is Heaven on Earth: it is where our God comes to us.”
The...
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,...
Interview with Dorothy Cummings-McLean
What was your inspiration for A Ceremony of Innocence?
A Ceremony of Innocence is very much a tribute to Graham Green and his book The...
Tolkien’s Legacy
The death of Christopher Tolkien as a nonagenarian ends a legacy, for it was this youngest son of the great J.R.R. that took –...
Nebraska: A Review
Nebraska (2013)
Written by Bob Nelson
Directed by Alexander Payne
A society which has lost its religion becomes sooner or later a society which has lost its...
Victoria’s Regina Coeli
A truly sublime rendition of the Regina Caeli Laetare, by Tomas Luis De Victoria (1548-1611), as sung by the ensemble Voces8. This work was...
Saint Patrick’s Magnificat
Towards the end of his life, Saint Patrick wrote his 'Confessions' which, like his near-contemporaneous Saint Augustine's autobiography of the same title, is meant...
