A Review of Colin Ian Jeffery’s ‘Sorrows and Joys’
REVIEW: Sorrows and Joys --- Colin Ian Jeffery
ISBN: 978197459830
Paperback £5.14 Amazon or any good bookshop
Collection of 212 poems
Colin Ian Jeffery is a leading Christian...
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...
Dracula Untold: Fallen man, the tragic hero
It is perpetually wonderful to me how much truth can find its way into secularistsâ stories. Dracula Untold, Universalâs newest origins story, is a...
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...
The Catholic Case for Intelligent Design
Father Martin Hilbert, C.O. has written a remarkable book. His âThe Catholic Case for Intelligent Designâ, an argument for seeing Godâs handiwork and providence...
Evelyn Waugh’s Bitter Trial
âIt must be observed that if the faith were endangered, a subject ought to rebuke his prelate even publicly.â St.Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica II,...
Captain Philips
I just took in the new American-everyman Tom Hank's movie, Captain Philips which, surprisingly from its limited quality, has made over $218 million so...
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...
Musical Offering: Lo, He Comes With Clouds Descending!
Say what you like about the early Methodists, but they could write some melodious hymns, and one of the greatest and most prolific is...
Signs and Mysteries: Revealing Ancient Christian Symbols
Signs and Mysteries: Revealing Ancient Christian Symbols
by Mike Aquilina
illustrated by Lea Marie Ravotti
Our Sunday Visitor, 2008
ISBN 978-1-59276-450-1
More devotional than academic, this book begins by...
