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Tuesday, April 19, 2016

"Hallelujah" from Beethoven's Christ On The Mount Of Olives

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the young Beethoven, by Joseph Willibrord Maehler    The composer Beethoven was born into a Catholic family, but does not seem to have...
Wednesday, April 13, 2016

The Geometry Of Faith

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“The Catholic Church,” according to G.K. Chesterton, “is much larger on the inside than it is on the outside.”  Those of us who have been ...
Thursday, April 7, 2016

Reasonable Faith

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In a recent post, “ Moses, Pharaoh, & Why We Preach The Gospel ”  I touched on a few of the limitations we run into in arguing f...
Sunday, March 27, 2016

He Is Risen! - 'Laudamus Te'

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"The Resurrection", by Sebastiano Ricci He is Risen, Alleluia, Alleluia! Here's some joyful music for Easter Sunday, ...
Saturday, March 19, 2016

Where Have All The Fathers Gone?

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Today is the Solemnity of St. Joseph, Patron Saint of Fathers.  It seems a good time to republish one of my first blog posts, a piece on...
Thursday, March 10, 2016

Moses, Pharaoh, and Why We Preach the Gospel

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( An earlier version of this Thursday Throwback was first published on 27 February 2015 )         One of the most vivid images from...
Friday, March 4, 2016

Mozart Requiem Introitus & Kyrie

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From the manuscript of the Requiem, in Mozart's hand       While it's not strictly speaking a Lenten composition, Mozart's ...
Thursday, March 3, 2016

What We Are Is More Important Than What We Have

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     Which is more important, "is" or "has"?  In Gaudium et Spes ,   the Constitution on the Church in the Modern World...
Monday, February 29, 2016

Hey, Bob Dylan!

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Is "Blowin' In The Wind" what the answer is, or where the answer is?  This has been bugging me for almost fifty years . . .

Seen Any Miracles Lately?

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Glory be to God for dappled things –  For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow;     For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that ...