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July 2014

July 03, 2014

Pondering October’s Synod: “Where Have the Men Gone?”

"Where have the actors gone? The play has ended; the curtains drawn. There's no applauding...

May 2014

May 08, 2014

Graham Greene’s “The Hint of an Explanation” Offers Much More Than a Hint

I sometimes feel pity for that thing. It is so continually finding the right weapon...

April 2014

April 22, 2014

Lifestyles of the Young and Liturgically Impressionable

A brief account of my favorite moment from the just-completed Triduum. (Well, OK. Fine. My...

April 20, 2014

“Jubilate Deo!”

He is risen! Sound the trumpets! Jubilate Deo omnis terra, quia sic benedicetur homo qui...

April 19, 2014

Emilio de’ Cavalieri’s “Lamentations of the Prophet Jeremiah”

I'm unfamiliar with this work. In fact, I'm unfamiliar with this composer. Strange stuff, indeed....

April 18, 2014

John IV of Portugal’s “Crux Fidelis”

Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis: nulla silva talem profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce...

April 18, 2014

SVS: “Ostrov”

It's Good Friday. A potentially-awkward day to be recommending a movie, yes. Especially because I'm...

April 17, 2014

Gesualdo’s “Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday”

The name “Tenebrae” -- Latin for "shadows" or "darkness" -- has been given because this Office...

April 16, 2014

Chesnokov’s “Let My Prayer Arise!”

Da ispravitsya molitva moya, yako kadilo pred Toboyu: vozdeyanie ruku moeyu, zhertva vechernyaya. Gospodi, vozzvakh...

April 15, 2014

Musical Mediation for Holy Week

It's time once again to embark on one of my longest-standing personal spiritual traditions: Finding...

March 2014

March 25, 2014

A Mystery of Grace

From Benedict XVI's "Dogma und Verkundigung:" The mystery of the annunciation to Mary is not just...

October 2013

October 02, 2013

Advice For All Papal Watchers: Chew Before Swallowing

Nathan, our youngest, has reached that hilarious transitional stage where he adjusting from receiving his...

September 2013

September 24, 2013

Tending to My Own Garden

This piece from Mary DeTurris Poust (and her follow-up thoughts) has been making the rounds. It's hit a real chord...

August 2013

August 29, 2013

A Quote I Just Can’t Shake

Things have been a bit crazy over the past few days, both personally and professionally....

July 2013

July 29, 2013

Comforting Quote of the Day

My, my. The Catholic Internet is certainly abuzz today, brimming over with Sturm und Drang and...

March 2013

March 29, 2013

The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, According to John (and Bach)

Each year, as part of my Good Friday devotions, I try to listen (as distraction-free...

March 19, 2013

From One Father to Another, Gratitude

I consider it an honor and an even greater blessing to have been named after...

March 17, 2013

Musical Meditation for the Feast of St. Patrick

I've got to admit that my life haven't felt particularly Lenten of late. The anticipation,...

March 15, 2013

Checking Into The Weekend, New Pope in Tow

It's been quite a week, hasn't it? My Fridays are a bit unfocused under the...

March 14, 2013

Watching with the Family as Papal History Unfolds

View image | gettyimages.com I love the fact that we must wait to learn the...

March 13, 2013

No Commentary Necessary — “Habemus Papam” Edition

Yes, I know it's Lent. But come on, people. We have a pope! View image |...

March 03, 2013

Musical Meditation for the Third Sunday of Lent

As I reflected on Andrei Tarkovsky's "The Sacrifice" last week, I was reminded of the wonderfully...

February 2013

February 28, 2013

Calming the Waves of the Pope’s Departure

"Do not be afraid," I tell myself. "He's still in the boat." These are momentous...

February 13, 2013

Into the Wilderness

Therefore, in the punishment, and also in the malediction of the soil, there remains a...

February 11, 2013

Reacting to The Resignation

Yes. If a Pope clearly realizes that he is no longer physically, psychologically, and spiritually...

January 2013

January 07, 2013

The Overview Effect

View image | gettyimages.com “When we look down at the Earth from space we see...

December 2012

December 28, 2012

Bruised Once More ‘Gainst the Wood of the Cross

They scarcely waked before they slept, They scarcely wept before they laughed; They drank indeed...

December 23, 2012

Music and Meditation for the Fourth Sunday of Advent

It's one of those "Fourth Week, we hardly knew ye" years, where Week Four of...

December 16, 2012

Music and Meditation for the Third Sunday of Advent

In the wake of Friday’s tragedy, today’s call to “Rejoice” is a difficult one. But...

December 12, 2012

Why #AskPontifex Anything At All?

"Dear friends, I am pleased to get in touch with you through Twitter. Thank you...

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