Come, we go for our people (the last recorded words of Saint Edith Stein, to her sister Rosa, as they were led to the gas chamber on August 9th, 1942)
Day: August 9, 2020
Sunday Musical Selections
An organ piece by Buxtehude – who, as you will hear, greatly influenced J.S. Bach, who once walked 250 miles to hear him play. Now, you may listen with the click of a non-church mouse, this rendition by a new and quite brilliant up-and-coming young organist, Anne-Gaëlle Chanon And I happened upon this incomparable piece[…]
The Science of the Cross
When they got into the boat, the wind ceased. And those in the boat worshipped him, saying, ‘Truly you are the Son of God’ (Mt. 14:33). ⧾ ‘Truly you are the Son of God’ (Mt. 14:33). This is a belief that we hold firmly and truly because it is the very essence of the Christian[…]
The Psalms as Prayer
We hear a lot of the Bible at Sunday Mass. There are four readings every week, although the fourth one is usually ignored. Everyone remembers the Old Testament reading and the Gospel because they are always linked, as they are today—the nineteenth Sunday of ordinary time—in that God showed himself to Elijah only after a[…]