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
On July 19, 2024, the world lost Wolfgang Smith, one of the most underappreciated yet profoundly important thinkers of our time. A rare polymath, Smith united the rigours of science with the depths of metaphysical and theological wisdom. In an age consumed by materialist reductionism and technological utopianism, he stood out as a thinker who[…]
In an age of spiritual confusion, eroding trust, and institutional abdication, QAnon, Chaos, and the Cross, edited by Michael W. Austin and Gregory L. Bock, is a timely, if uneven, intervention. This volume gathers predominantly evangelical Christian scholars to examine the entanglement of conspiracy theories, especially, those linked to QAnon, with segments of the American[…]
Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam is one of a few cantatas J.S. Bach compose in honouor of Saint John the Baptist, first performed in 1724 on this Solemnity celebrating the birth of the Baptist, June 24th. The libretto is based on a hymn by Martin Luther – yes, I know, but Pastor Martin maintained his[…]
J.S. Bach composed this cantata for Trinity Sunday in 1725, first performed on May 27th of that year. The libretto begins with Es ist ein trotzig und verzagt Ding (There is something defiant and fainthearted), and reflects upon the readings and meditations, which, in the Lutheran confession, were still orthodox: One Being, three Persons. Even[…]
A blessed, joyous and grace-filled solemnity of Pentecost to all our readers, the feast of the descent of the Holy Spirit, the public manifestation of the Church, the offer of salvation to all people, the ‘Gentiles’, and the confirmation of the Apostles in their mission. Celebrated fifty days after Easter, Pentecost inaugurated the age of[…]
For today’s Sunday musical offering, here is the string quartet in C-minor by Friedrich Ernst Fesca (1789 – 1826), who deserves to be much, much better known. I only discovered him recently driving back from Mass with my Dad as I was visiting. As one commentator put it, It is a matter for investigation how[…]
A truly sublime rendition of the Regina Caeli Laetare, by Tomas Luis De Victoria (1548-1611), as sung by the ensemble Voces8. This work was first published in 1576, at the height of the Catholic Restoration. So, in light of today’s Fourth Sunday in Easter, here’s to a true reform of the Church through truth, goodness[…]
Pope Francis (1936 – 2025), has died on this Easter Monday morning, after a controversial and often turbulent reign of just over 12 years. May he find a merciful judgement before his Maker, where the depths of the heart and conscience of a soul are revealed. Requiem aeternam dona ei Domine Et lux perpetua luceat[…]
LETTER OF HIS HOLINESS JOHN PAUL II TO ALL THE PRIESTS ON THE OCCASION OF HOLY THURSDAY 1979 Dear Brother Priests, For you I am a Bishop, with you I am a Priest AT THE BEGINNING of my new ministry in the Church, I feel the deep need to speak to you, to all[…]
Tomas Luis de Victoria (1548 – 1611) composed this motet of lament sometime before 1585, when it was published. The text, below, is taken from Job 16:17; Lamentations 1:12, 16, and provides fitting music as we celebrate this Palm Sunday, and enter Holy Week. Our Schola Cantorum here at Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College[…]
