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
My dear friends, in this Easter season, I’d like to talk to you about hope. Indeed, casually speaking, we have much to “hope” for in the coming weeks. We hope for warmer weather and for a speedy end to this pandemic. We hope that the speed of the outbreak may be slowed in the coming[…]
This day, in 1742, April 13th, was the first performance of Handel’s Messiah, in Dublin, of all places. Here was an Oratorio, following the life of the Saviour from His birth, through His Passion, to His glorious resurrection, written by a German, who had become a naturalised Brit, with a libretto in English, performed in[…]
Ad cenam Agni providi, stolis salutis candidi, post transitum maris Rubri, Christo canamus principi. Cuius corpus sanctissimum, in ara crucis torridum, sed et cruorem roseum, gustando Dei vivimus. Protecti paschae vespero, a devastante angelo, de Pharaonis aspero, sumus erepti imperio. Iam pascha nostrum Christus est, agnus occisus innocens; sinceritatis azyma, qui carnem suam obtulit. O[…]
I was struck as I finished up reading over a small volume of letters by the great English writer Evelyn Waugh, author of such treasures as Brideshead Revisited, Love Among the Ruins, A Handful of Dust and numerous others, that this was the day he died, on April 10th, 1966, which was, fittingly, Easter Sunday.[…]
(Australia, the antipodean Land Down Under, is under a severe lockdown, with people arrested for surfing all alone, and, what is far worse, no sacramental participation, not least the Eucharist on this Holy Thursday. So perhaps this meditation will help life their, and our, spirits in this time of isolation. For the Heart of Jesus[…]
In this last day of Lent, Spy Wednesday, we may profit from another musical adaptation of the Lamentations of Jeremiah, in the style of the perfect art – ars perfecta – of Palestrina. All part of that incarnational liturgy, that by force of circumstances, we must adapt for ourselves, in light of the Church’s Tradition[…]
Go forth without fear, for he who created you has made you holy, has always protected you, and loves you as a mother. —St. Clare of Assis While some dioceses and parishes are handling the COVID19 crisis better than others when it comes to reaching the faithful through technology, the Church as a whole is[…]
This is the anniversary of the first performance of Bach’s Saint John’s Passion, so a re-posting during this Holiest of Weeks seemed to be in order. Johann Sebastian Bach, according to sources, wrote five ‘Passions’, orchestral chorales based the final days of the life of Christ, but only two have come down to us: Saint[…]
We just received this notification, signifying that there still is truth, justice and good news in this world: I would like to inform you that the high court of Australia has just reached a verdict to free George Cardinal Pell. All the judges involved in the case unanimously quashed his conviction and he will be[…]
Let’s see. Housebound by this COVID-19 crisis, I’ve been watching a lot of YouTube videos. Probably more than reasonable people might consider healthy. Nevertheless, this is what I’ve learned so far: This virus-induced crisis, driven by universal and dogmatic hype, appears to have many sources. A wet market in Wuhan China is one; a bio-weaponry[…]
