Pavane for a Dead Princess — Maurice Ravel
One thing I’ve wanted to do for years is write about the Jesuit Martyrs of North America and share their stories with the world. I have failed.
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Catholic Line Art, Black and White • Installment #25
I will be releasing hundreds of these B/W religious line art drawings for free and instant download. These beautiful Catholic “woodcuts” were done with magnificent skill. “Download Free Traditional Catholic Clipart”
A Visual Catechism
Showing Forth the Beauty of God
What’s new with the age old chant?
Gregorio has a wiki and ideas on typing up semiology.
Chant Is Countercultural and Revolutionary
Chant does certain things exceedingly well that modern culture eschews. It stops time. It simultaneously quiets the soul and directs our attention to God . . . these things are abhorred by modern culture.
Silence (Part 1 of 3)
The New Evangelization is a bold project, but it will not succeed unless we can recover a strong sense of the sacred, which the gift of silence in church will help us achieve.
Bishop Fulton Sheen & Mass in Vietnamese
More than 100,000 persons saw and heard Church history in the making as Auxiliary Bishop Fulton J. Sheen of New York celebrated the first Pontifical Mass ever said in English.
What is epiclesis?
Fast food and the Third Person of the Holy Trinity.
Catholic Line Art, Black and White • Installment #24
I will be releasing hundreds of these B/W religious line art drawings for free and instant download. These beautiful Catholic “woodcuts” were done with magnificent skill. “Download Free Traditional Catholic Clipart”
Pope Francis Will Canonize Pope John Paul II
“Those who worship are not passive, for instance, when listening to the readings or the homily, or following the prayers of the celebrant, and the chants and music of the liturgy.” — John Paul II
Why are the Psalms numbered differently?
Why don’t the Psalm numbers match? This 1-page, printable PDF sheet will show you clearly the difference between the Greek and Hebrew numbering systems.
A Tale Of Three Cities
“Do not seek to follow in the master’s footsteps. Seek what he sought.”
Thousands of Gospel Acclamations for Organ & Voice
A word and a request regarding the musical arrangements by Jon Naples on the Garnier Gospel Acclamations website.
Madeleine Lipatti & The Chopin Concerto Scandal
“One more reason to hate Wagner!”
Pope John XXIII To Be Canonized By Pope Francis
Pope John XXIII said that if we cease to value Latin, “poor mortal creatures may well become like the machines they build — cold, hard, and devoid of love.”