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Sunday, May 17, 2015

Haydn, The Creation: Chaos & God Created Heaven and Earth

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     Here is the opening from Haydn's masterpiece, The Creation . This clip contains the overture, a musical evocation of Chaos, followe...
Friday, May 15, 2015

Why Jeopardy Doesn't Know Judas

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Who is that guy, and why is he kissing Jesus?      Sometimes a single detail captures and gives flesh to something much larger.  For in...
Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Is Raul Ready To Repent? (from Nisi Dominus)

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The Devil Can Quote Scripture   The Devil himself can quote Scripture for his own purposes (see Matthew 4:6 & Luke 4:10 ), but so...

"Doing" the Truth in Love

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The episcopal motto of a new bishop casts fresh light on a familiar passage from scripture; an earlier version of this Worth Revisiting pos...
Tuesday, May 12, 2015

The Invitatory Psalm: We Are Called To Relationship With God (LOH 4)

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     In this and my next few posts in my series on the Liturgy of the Hours I will reflect on particular prayers and Hours and my experience...
Sunday, May 10, 2015

"Stimmt an die Saiten" from Joseph Haydn's The Creation (Die Schöpfung) & Weekly Roundup

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      Today is the Sixth Sunday of Easter: He is truly Risen, alleluiah, alleluiah!      Joseph Haydn is rightly considered one of the ...
Friday, May 8, 2015

When "Progress" Isn't Progress

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Progress? I think not . . .  A thoughtful friend recently lent us a book called  DisOrientation: The 13 “isms” That Will Send You To In...

Archbishop Cordileone, Catholic Teachers, and the ‘Torre Test’ (from Nisi Dominus)

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Many of you are familiar with the name George Steinbrenner, the long-time owner of the New York Yankees, arguably the most famous sports te...
Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Spirit, Matter, and the Word of God

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T he Word Made Flesh        My family doesn’t attend the Extraordinary Form of the Mass on a regular basis, but we go whenever we can. ...
Tuesday, May 5, 2015

The Liturgy of the Hours and You (LOH 3)

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   In my previous posts I discussed how I came to start praying the Liturgy of the Hours (LOH), and what the LOH looks like.  Today I inten...