Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation. He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned (Saint Mark 15:15-16)
Day: April 25, 2023
Saint Mark’s Literary Techniques
A sense of urgency It is useful and edifying to read a Gospel continuously, from start to finish. It allows us to notice details that we miss by hearing it presented piecemeal at Sunday Mass. With the Gospel of Mark several things immediately catch our attention, one being the word “immediately.” There is a feverish[…]
Three Reginas
Here is a sublime rendition of the Regina Caeli Laetare a 8, by Tomas Luis De Victoria (1548-1611), as sung again by the ensemble Voces8. This work was first published in 1576, at the height of the Catholic Restoration: We cannot let Easter go by without Palestrina’s contemporaneous version of this ancient Marian antiphon: And,[…]