Feeling the Absence
The Experience of Good Friday
Articles
Suffering, Death, and Children’s Questions
“Why the Cross?” Little children are rarely afraid to ask the questions that adults are afraid to ask.
Banish All Guitars and Pianos from the Church
The increasingly obvious failure of contemporary church music should occasion a more widespread rejection of piano and guitar as accompanying or interluding instruments.
Cardinal Burke, Maestro Charles Cole, A Great Blog
“Afterwards I had an opportunity to speak with Cardinal Burke and he spoke of the importance of Sacred Music. We also talked about the Church Music Association of America and the important work which this organisation does. He went back to his office and returned with a gift for me . . .” — Mæstro Charles Cole
Free Communion Antiphons!
Free responsorial-style Communion antiphons for Ordinary Form Mass use.
Why Is This Interview Not Better Known?
“We are today not another Church as 500 years ago. It is always the same the Church. What is one time holy for the Church is always holy for the Church and is not in [an] other time an impossible thing.” — Cardinal Ratzinger, speaking in English to Raymond Arroyo (2003)
Catholic Line Art, Black and White • Installment #11
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”
Jesuits, Juilliard, And The Latin Mass In Florida
“When you attend the Latin Mass, what you realize is, it doesn’t really matter how you feel that day, whether you feel happy or sad: you’re entering into something far greater than you.” — Fr. J. Patrick Hough, S.J.
The Cross of Christ and Liturgical Language
To effectively defend the use of the liturgical languages of the Latin Rite in the rite’s mostly vernacular Ordinary-Form expressions, we must look to the Cross.
The “Basically Good Person”
And the Work of the Devil
Why We Must Never Fail To Sing Holy Music At Mass
For this reason, we must never say, “I cannot be bothered to spend half an hour studying the music for Sunday’s Mass.”
Dom Gregory Murray’s People’s Mass & Holy Week
Here is Dom Gregory Murray’s “People’s Mass” in Latin. Somebody could take this, insert the new Translation, and make a lot of money. P.S. What’s it doing in Lapierre’s Holy Week?!!
Historic Meeting of . . . Two Popes? Awesome!
I am not a person who “gets emotional” very easily, but this meeting really touched my heart.
Interview with Pope Francis While Still A Cardinal
“I admire the courage and uprightness of Pope Benedict on the subject.”—Pope Francis
A Personal Encounter with Pope Francis
While speaking to his secretary, the Holy Father came down the hall and I greeted him with the traditional kissing of his ring, and we spoke for a little over a minute.