True Compassion
Stepping Forward
“If we do not love those whom we see, how can we love God, Whom we do not see?” Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
Fr. Richard Mullins is reporting that in July he will be “planting the seeds for an eventual Oratory of St. Philip Neri” with none other than Monsignor Andrew Wadsworth, Executive Director of ICEL.
“The GLORIA of the Mass set to a Polka beat or in the style of rock music is not sacred music.” — Most Reverend Alexander Sample, Archbishop of Portland
To prove that anybody can learn to use GABC (Gregorio) in five seconds to create Gregorian chant scores, I created this training video while holding a 6-month-old baby.
Those from the Diocese of Marquette and neighboring dioceses are highly encouraged to attend!
If there is any one section of “Sing to the Lord: Music in Divine Worship” to become very familiar with, it is this one, and for rather intriguing reasons.
“I have listened to the CD with great enjoyment. When listening to the Cistercian Nuns of Saint Mary’s Abbey, one realizes that they do not just sing at prayer or sing their prayers: their very singing is prayer, according to the axiom, Those who sing well, pray twice.” — Quote from a listener.
Those who take away the density of ritual and the solemn beauty of the ineffable will not gain more worshipers; they will merely give them more reasons to go away and find something more interesting to do.
The crucial question was not asked: “Is the New Translation more accurate than the previous one?”
I will be releasing hundreds of these B/W religious line art drawings for free and instant download. These beautiful Catholic “woodcuts” were done with magnificent skill. “Download Free Traditional Catholic Clipart”
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