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The Two Passions of J.S. Bach
As we enter in Holy Week, it is fitting to suggest some solemn music to fit the season, here the two settings of the...
Fabric of Resurrection and Redemption: The Gown of Stillness
Editor's note: this reflection was originally posted by the Catholic Artist Connection. The mission of the Catholic Artist Connection is to connect and support...
Living in Wonder
Years ago I decided to take a course on Wagnerās Der Ring des Nibelungen, I know, very mainstream. As I sat in a small...
The Feast of the Annunciation: God’s Invitation
In the quiet village of Nazareth, far removed from centers of power and influence, a young woman named Mary was living what seemed to...
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Parsing Pope Leo’s Plea for Peace
We will post the introduction and link to Pope Leo's sermon from Palm Sunday, petitioning in pliant terms for peace. May all those involved...
Gift or the Grift?
Service in politics used to be an actual thing. That is, those in 'public office' saw themselves truly as public servants, working diligently on...
Slow Reading
It's a common trope that reading has diminished of late, especially since the advent of ubiquitous screen technology, but the demise likely predated the...
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Woven versus Seamless Garments
The reflection on the worthy project by Magie Dominic was intriguing, and I thought I would offer a brief follow-up commentary. The garment woven out of many pieces is a poignant symbol, even a 'sacramental', inspired by prayer and grace. We are all united in some way, and should...
A Bad Moon Risin’
We're now into the second month of the Iran vs. America/Israel War - or whatever name one wants to give it, whether 'war' or 'conflict', or who's involved, or who might become involved, as the Houthis have now started lobbing missiles into Israel. And into this second moon cycle,...
Bill C-9: Prelude to Persecution?
Well, it happened, as I suppose was inevitable, at least in a secular sense (from God' perspective, there's always hope). Bill C-9, the ironically named 'Combatting Hate Act' passed the House of Commons with a 186-137 vote. Look on the good side - there's still over a hundred sane...
Lent
Pope Saint John Paul II’s Last Passion Sunday
(This is the last of Pope Saint John Paul II's Passion-Palm Sunday homilies, given in 2004, before his own passion and death the following...
I Am the Resurrection and the Life: Fifth Sunday and Passiontide
āI am the resurrection and the lifeā¦Do you believe thisā? (Jn. 11:25-26).
The fifth Sunday in Lent marks the beginning of Passiontide. We will now...
Fourth Sunday of Lent: Siloam and Spiritual Blindness
Once you were darkness, but now in the Lord you are light. Live as children of light ā for the fruit of the light...
Third Sunday of Lent: Thirsting for the True Water of Life
āGive me a drinkā (Jn. 4:7).
The conversation of Our Lord and the Samaritan woman revolves around the gift of water. This request is presented...
Second Sunday of Lent, and Seeing Beyond Our Eyes
Are old people wise? Have they learned anything from experience? Or are they all curmudgeons, continually grumbling about the young generation and contrasting it...
First Sunday of Lent: Purified and Perfected by Penance
After Jesus was baptized, the Spirit drove him out into the wilderness. He was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by
Satan (Mk. 1:12).
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A Pilgrimage from Vienna to Rome
I decided to make a pilgrimage to Rome, prompted by the Jubilee year, and walking through the Holy Doors. But I couldnāt just show up in Rome, so to make a pilgrimage of it.
Apologetics 101
Apologetics is the art of defending religious doctrines through systematic argumentation and discourse, making reference to both faith and reason as appropriate, in light of Saint Peterās admonition to āAlways be prepared to make a defense to any one who calls you to account for the hope that is in you, yet do it with gentleness and reverenceā (1 Peter 3:15).
