J.S. Bach: Cantata for the First Sunday of Advent: Nun Kum, der Heiden Heiland
A blessed and grace-filled Advent to all our readers! As we begin our preparation for the coming of Christ, both commemorating His first at Christmas, and His last... Read more.
MAiD and the RCMP
As the saying goes, they always get their man, or woman, especially if they’re old, sick and/or enfeebled. One week after Remembrance Day, November 20th, the... Read more.
Iesu, Rex Admirabilis
This last Sunday of the liturgical year is the Solemnity of Christ the King, and a blessed and grace-filled on may it be for all our readers. The feast was originally... Read more.
Quas Primas of Pius XI: On the Feast of Christ the King
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the institution of the Feast of Christ the King, by the promulgation of Pope Pius XI’s encyclical Quas Primas, on... Read more.
An Intriguing Take on the Titles of Our Lady
Here’s an intriguing take on the controversy surrounding the titles of Our Lady recently deemed ‘inopportune’ by the Dicastery for the Doctrine... Read more.
Saints Stanislaus Kostka and Mother Cabrini
Saint Stanislaus Kostka – who died in 1568 just a few months shy of his eighteenth birthday – is one of the most popular saints in Poland. His short life demonstrates... Read more.
Please God I will give my life for the holy union, for the supremacy of Peter and of the Holy Father, his successor… Lord, grant me the grace to shed my blood... Read more.
A Half Century Ago Was the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Fifty years ago, on this November 10th, in 1975, the Edmund Fitzgerald was wrecked in a mighty hurricane-force gale on Lake Superior, just 17 miles from shore. But... Read more.
Fauré’s Requiem
Gabriel Fauré composed his Requiem between 1887 and 1890, with an initial premiere at a funeral in 1888. Some say that he was inspired by the death of both his... Read more.
Anton Bruckner’s Locus Iste: This Holy Place
As we celebrate the the dedication of the basilica of Saint John Lateran, the primary church of Christendom, at this end of the Octave of All Saints’, it is... Read more.