Francis and Leo: Starkly Different From the Loggia
First impressions were in no way considered superficial in the past.
The Music Teacher of Beethoven
Above: Vienna Antonio Salieri’s name has often been overshadowed by myths—particularly those surrounding his supposed rivalry with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart († 1791). However, when Salieri passed away on May 7, 1825, he left behind a legacy far richer than these rumors suggest. Revered as a composer, conductor, and teacher, his influence on European music was…
Pope Fiction: a One-Scene Play
Gathering Hymn: “Sing a New Church”
Appeal for a Worldwide Crusade of Prayers for the Upcoming Conclave
For a new Pope who will be fully Catholic, fully Apostolic and fully Roman.
Colligite Fragmenta: Low Sunday – “in albis”
In the post-Conciliar calendar this is the “Second Sunday of Easter”. In the 1962 Missale Romanum and in previous editions this Sunday is labelled: Dominica in Albis in Octava Paschae… Sunday in white garments on the Octave of Easter. In traditional parlance today is called “Low Sunday” or sometimes “Thomas Sunday” because of the Gospel…
Le Miroir de Jésus
The cantata musically explores the Rosary of the Virgin Mary.
Colligite Fragmenta: Easter Sunday
Happy Easter! My hopeful prayer is that you experience, in this Easter Season, true joy in a personal encounter with the Risen Lord. The Church’s firehose of imagery and traditions and sacred liturgy has been blasting fully at our little drinking cups. Holy Week and the Sacred Triduum can overwhelm as we reach the apex…
Compassion for Our Lady of Sorrows
Be not satisfied with a mere sterile and unfruitful compassion for Mary, the Queen of Dolours.
Sacred Music for the Poor
Only sacred music, in his view, could inspire behaviors in harmony with Christian life.
In the Vineyard of Silence
A silence so full it seemed to hum with the voice of God.
How to do Holy Week: Mary is the Model
Let us embrace this gift given to us: “Behold your Mother.”