Two Complementary Requiems
On this All Souls' Day, here are two Requiems, which commemorate the dead with beauty and transcendence, and may accompany our prayers this day.
The...
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...
Exogenesis: A Review
Exogenesis, by Peco Gaskovksi
Ignatius Press, 2023
ISBN/UPC: 9781621646341
One of the most difficult things in writing a ‘fantasy’ – any story which is not based on this...
Tallis, and Verily, Verily I Say Unto Thee
As we commemorated the other day the 'Forty Martyrs of England and Wales' - chosen amongst the countless host put to death for their...
J.S. Bach and Saint Michael
Michaelmas of 1724 - the 29th of September, now the feast of all the Archangels - saw the first performance of J.S. Bach's cantata,...
Palestrina’s Regina Coeli
To celebrate this memorial - let's just call it the feast - of the Queenship of Mary, here is Palestrina's rendition of the Regina...
Francisco Guerrero’s Ave Virgo
A fitting way to begin this month of August, dedicated to Our Lady, with some music in her honour. Here is a motet by...
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...
Three Books from a Canadian Author
Up-and-coming author Ben Galeski has written three novels thus far, two of them published by Justin Press, and the third about to be. They...
History, Humanity, and Redemption: A Review of “To Crown With Liberty”
I hope this review might provide a double service to readers. I am excited to promote both a new novel, which provides the core...
