God thirsts, that we may thirst for Him (Saint Augustine, +430)
Day: March 12, 2023
Four Spaniards and a Saint?
On March 12th, 1622, Pope Gregory canonized Philip Neri, along with Ignatius Loyola, Francis Xavier, Teresa of Avila and Isidore the Farmer – or, as the Oratorian joke goes, ‘four Spaniards and a saint’. But in all saintly seriousness, these five signify an era of great holiness, offering a spiritual foundation for the modern world[…]
Byrd’s Ne Irascaris Domine – Be Not Angry, O Lord, Forever
For our Sunday musical offering this week, we present William Byrd’s sublime setting of the Lenten motet Ne Irascaris Domine, in four parts, first published in 1589. The text is taken from Isaiah 64:10, lamenting the desolation of Jerusalem after the exile, a allegory of the state of the soul – and the state –[…]