Colloquium Friends & Chant Workshops
“Adventus Dona” in the Diocese of San Diego
Articles
Advent Music
Waiting for the season of waiting.
I’m not here to make you or me happy. | Music as a Virtue
It is not the point of sacred music to make individuals or even the Music Director happy.
Difference between the Two Priesthoods
What exactly is the difference between the universal priesthood of the baptized and the ministerial priesthood of the ordained?
Eyes on Your Own Paper
The importance of focusing on our own work.
Restoring A Sense of the Sacred to the Mass
A Great Article over at One Peter Five
St. Thomas Aquinas College In California
Below are a few pictures I snapped during my visit.
Sacred Architecture & the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
When we come to church, there should be no question whether we are in a church or in a coffeehouse or in a multipurpose gym.
“Fear Of The Dark-Skinned” — Really?
“Right-wing Christians push fear of the dark-skinned and fear of honesty.” —National Catholic Reporter (28 October 2014)
Preparing for an EF Sung Mass
Preparing music folders for a Missa Cantata – all the essentials and a few handy desirables.
Can’t sing? Sing the dialogues!
Reverence, prayer, and internal participation increased through this act of external participation.
How Liberalism Undermines Itself
Freedom for all sounds nice in theory, but how does it work in practice?
Those Selfless Ordinary Form Priests
Yesterday evening—on his day off, after another Mass he’d offered—I observed an OF priest saying the 1962 Missal in his private chapel.
Prepared to Receive: the Importance of Disposition
Warm-ups and reverent liturgy.
Fr. Christopher Smith Weighs In
“Why am I excited? Well, every year we spend about $4,000 on those paperback missalettes…”