The death of the Lord our God should not be a cause of shame for us; rather, it should be our greatest hope, our greatest glory. In taking upon himself the death that he found in us, he has most faithfully promised to give us life in him, such as we cannot have of ourselves.[…]
Month: April 2020
Thoughts on a Pestilence
Let’s see. Housebound by this COVID-19 crisis, I’ve been watching a lot of YouTube videos. Probably more than reasonable people might consider healthy. Nevertheless, this is what I’ve learned so far: This virus-induced crisis, driven by universal and dogmatic hype, appears to have many sources. A wet market in Wuhan China is one; a bio-weaponry[…]
Vexilla Regis Prodeunt: Chant, Victoria and Palestrina
A blessed and grace-filled Passion-Palm Sunday to one and all of our readers. Father Callam has a wonderful meditation on the Vexilla Regis Prodeunt, the hymn written for Passion-Palm Sunday by the bishop and poet Venantius Fortunatus (who also penned the praise to Mary, The God Whom Earth and Sea and Sky, put to harmony[…]
Holy Week 2020
THE LAMB OF GOD WHO TAKES AWAY THE SINS OF THE WORLD After agreeing to baptize Him along with the sinners, John the Baptist looked at Jesus and pointed Him out as the “Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world”. By doing so, he reveals that Jesus is at the same[…]
Let us run to accompany him as he hastens towards his passion, and imitate those who met him then, not by covering his path with garments, olive branches or palms, but by doing all we can to prostrate ourselves before him by being humble and by trying to live as he would wish. Then we[…]
A Silent Passion Sunday, Filled with Hope
Christ Jesus, though He was in the form of Go, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, but emptied Himself, and became obedient to the point of death – even death on a cross. (Phil. 2:6). ⧾ The observance of Holy Week this year has no precedent in the Church’s history.[…]
Policing, Policies and the Polis
The Coronavirus saga continues. As an older friend of mine – a healthy and vigorous late-septuagenarian – put it to me recently, he’s not sick of the virus, but he’s sick of the virus. As are we all. Doug Ford is warning of ‘enhanced measures’ to contain the spread of infection, whatever that ominous and[…]
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever (Saint Isidore of Seville, +636)
An Open Letter from a Microbiologist on Covid-19
An Open Letter from Dr. Sucharit Bhakdi, Professor Emeritus of Medical Microbiology at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, to the German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel. Professor Bhakdi calls for an urgent reassessment of the response to Covid-19 and asks the Chancellor five crucial questions. The letter is dated March 26. Dear Chancellor, As Emeritus of[…]