Dr. Peter Kwasniewski

Changes in my personal life have made it necessary for me to curtail my blogging activity, and so this blog will be my last—at least for a time.

Let us make a point of singing good carols as much as we can throughout the whole Christmas season, rather than imitating a world that stops celebrating on December 26th.

A new book for those who are struggling to understand what has happened to the noble liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church and how we might find our way out of this crisis.

As we turn the corner to Advent, we might draw some inspiration from Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.

The ancient and beautiful practice of chanting readings at Mass has largely disappeared in the Ordinary Form. What happened?

What exactly is the difference between the universal priesthood of the baptized and the ministerial priesthood of the ordained?

Freedom for all sounds nice in theory, but how does it work in practice?

Every piece of music, great or small, contains an indefinable message of the soul, penetrating, communicative, formative.

Everyone likes to think themselves at the golden mean between two extremes. The problem is, this often becomes a substitute for real thinking, and prevents us from striving for the best.

Is the organ postlude after Mass a loud distraction that stands in the way of making one’s thanksgiving? Or is it a wholly fitting conclusion to an act of public divine worship?