Saint Nerses the Gracious
He composed the text and the melody of almost 1200 hymns (šarakan), troparia, odes, and liturgical songs.
World Youth Day and Anti-Culture
Cultus, tradition, elders and piety: every culture known to man (until modern times) has these four elements.
Forgotten Customs of Saints Days – Part 1
Who are the patron saints for your Diocese? Do you know if your Diocese has secondary patrons in addition to your primary patron?
Does the Church Have a Duty to Protect Her Own Cultural Heritage?
"Holy Mother Church holds all lawfully acknowledged rites to be of equal right and dignity; that she wishes to preserve them in the future and to foster them in every way." -Vatican II
Jesuita non Cantat
"When asked about the fact that the new Pope did not sing and paid little attention to ceremonies and rituals he had to answer that this is typical of the Jesuit."
The Art of Dress – What Nuns can Teach Us
Like religious sisters, Catholic women in the world must prioritize truth and beauty over normalcy.
Second Generation Trad: On Freedom for the Good
A delicate balance must be maintained by parents when it comes to promoting good things in family life and allowing appropriate freedom for their children.
St. Thomas on the Doctrine of Music
St. Jerome does not absolutely condemn singing, but reproves those who sing theatrically in church not in order to arouse devotion, but in order to show off, or to provoke pleasure.
Christian Fashion in the Teaching of the Church with Virginia Coda Nunziante
We are immersed in a society of the horrid, the ugly, the vulgar, and therefore any appeal to beauty is an opening to the transcendent.
The English Catholic Who Risked Death for Sacred Music and the Faith
It is music written for an intimate, secret setting... which was punishable in many cases with life imprisonment and even the death penalty.
“Thou art Peter”: a Roman Tradition of Sacred Music
Unsurprisingly, Palestrina’s Iberian counterpart, Tomás Luis de Victoria, also has a six voice setting of this text.