Tenebrae: Monsignor Ronan, Saint Michael’s Choir School and Thomas Tallis
‘Tenebrae’ – or ‘darkness’, in Latin – is a service of solemn songs and readings in the three days (the ‘Triduum’)... Read more.
Open Letter from Cardinal Zen to Cardinal Sarah
It has been a beloved custom of priests from across the earth to say a private Mass on one of the 45 side altars or 11 chapels when visiting the great Saint Peter’s... Read more.
Oh, how great is a priest! The priest will not understand the greatness of his office till he is in Heaven. If he understood it on earth, he would die, not of fear,... Read more.
I have sinned in that I have betrayed innocent blood (Judas Iscariot, Mt 27:4)... Read more.
Spy Wednesday’s Briefly Noted
Today is Spy Wednesday in our tradition, the day on which Judas Iscariot decided to hand over Our Lord for thirty pieces of silver which, as the sermon at Mass this... Read more.
Saint John Climacus
Today, March 30th, happens to be the commemoration of Saint John Climacus, the Syrian monk and mystic, of whom Father Mario Attard wrote on CI just recently. Here... Read more.
Let us run to accompany him as he hastens towards his passion, and imitate those who met him then, not by covering his path with garments, olive branches or palms,... Read more.
Vivaldi’s and Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater
On this eve of Passion Sunday and Holy Week, and to complement our reflection on Our Lady’s role in redemption, we will re-post these two Marian and Lenten... Read more.
O Blessed Mary, whoever loves you honours God; whoever serves you pleases God; whoever invokes your holy name with a pure heart will infallibly receive the object... Read more.
Our Lady’s Musical Selection: Two Magnificats
On this Solemnity of the Annunciation, here are two songs to Our Lady: The first, J.S. Bach’s magnificent Magnificat, published in 1733, likely for the feast... Read more.