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“The present welter of discardable booklets, mimeographed sheets, divergent paperback hymnals, and so on … has unfortunate psychological effects.” — Dr. James Hitchcock
For me tradition is not going to the past, but going to the origins.
The 9/11 Memorial and Conveying Catharsis through Art
I hate asking people for money; and some Catholic organizations drive me crazy by constantly begging with an alarmist manner.
Can you imagine trying to feed your family in the year 1300AD?
God is a provident God. This in turn should make us want to love God.
Are we bringing forth treasures? Are we cultivating these treasures or do we leave them in the back of the storeroom?
Published in 1911, this “Convent Mass” is for two sopranos.
Music, for a Christian, should serve the same purpose as everything else in life: weaning us from excessive attachment to this world and lifting our souls heavenward.
What about NOT having congregational song during the Offertory?
Life is not a piece of cake. And the Mass is not a Sunday recreational moment. We need to feel the burning of being close to God.
Does modern architecture compare favorably to the architecture of the dark ages?
Maybe today we need missionaries of a different kind, ready to announce the beauty of our faith and tradition with an understanding of the new needs of a changing world.
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Vatican II wanted more Scripture in the Mass, but somehow the reformers missed that memo.
