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Catholic Insight

Inspired by Truth, Enlightening Minds for the Church in Canada and Throughout the World

Day: December 20, 2023

Hobbit Virtues

For those who need a bit of a lift from all the dark and dreary news of late, in these dark days of December – there is light, and the Light, on their way! – here is a delightful podcast on ‘Hobbit Virtue’, as instantiated in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy – and,[…]

O Key of David and sceptre of Israel, what you open no one else can close again; what you close, no one can open. O come and lead the captive from prison; free those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death.

Handel’s Miraculous Messiah

Handel’s Messiah, first performed on April 13th, 1742 (in Dublin of all places) was Composed by a German, who had become a naturalised Brit, with a libretto in English. Handel’s Oratorio is customarily connected with Christmas, even though the work follows the whole life of the Saviour from His birth, through His Passion, to His[…]

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