Inspired by Truth, Enlightening Minds for the Church in Canada and Throughout the World
Inspired by Truth, Enlightening Minds for the Church in Canada and Throughout the World
March 25th is the Solemnity of the Incarnation of Our Lord Jesus Christ. The centrality of this feast lies in the Latin words found in the Gospel of St John: Verbum Dei Caro Factum Est – the Word of God was made flesh (see John 1:14). This was also the motto St George Preca chose[…]
On this Solemnity of the Annunciation, here is a fitting motet to celebrate with true devotion. During his own life (c. 1455 – 1521) Josquin des Prez was known as the ‘Michelangelo of music’, which says much. Here is one of his first compositions, fittingly, a setting of the Ave Maria, as sung by Voces8,[…]
Please do enjoy this podcast on the great English saint Margaret Clitherow, or Clitheroe – spelling was variable back then, and even her contemporary Shakespeare’s name was spelled any number of different ways. She was one of the great martyrs of the Reformation, put to death by the gruesome method of being ‘pressed’. We mention[…]
