Modernity Impact
For me tradition is not going to the past, but going to the origins.
Pope Saint Paul VI (3 April 1969): “Although the text of the Roman Gradual—at least that which concerns the singing—has not been changed, the Entrance antiphons and Communions antiphons have been revised for Masses without singing.”

I hate asking people for money; and some Catholic organizations drive me crazy by constantly begging with an alarmist manner.

God is a provident God. This in turn should make us want to love God.

Are we bringing forth treasures? Are we cultivating these treasures or do we leave them in the back of the storeroom?

Music, for a Christian, should serve the same purpose as everything else in life: weaning us from excessive attachment to this world and lifting our souls heavenward.

Published in 1911, this “Convent Mass” is for two sopranos.

Life is not a piece of cake. And the Mass is not a Sunday recreational moment. We need to feel the burning of being close to God.
Does modern architecture compare favorably to the architecture of the dark ages?

Maybe today we need missionaries of a different kind, ready to announce the beauty of our faith and tradition with an understanding of the new needs of a changing world.
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Vatican II wanted more Scripture in the Mass, but somehow the reformers missed that memo.

No, dear girls, I do not want to know more about you, but maybe it would be good for you to know something more about me.
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