“He endured death as a Lamb; he devoured it as a Lion.” – St. Augustine A Successful Eucharistic Revival Must Address Two Crises There is a
Musicians love harmony. There’s a soothing satisfaction when notes work well together. One would expect this principle to carry over into the way musicians relate
In principio erat Verbum … (John 1:1) In Irish, it is said: Cuimhín an tír na Manaigh (pronounced “quivin on tier na monig”), translated roughly
What do we do here and now to live the spirituality that Christ first gave us? Do we need Christ to come again? No, because
In much of the West, the winter winds have begun to draw in and lead us, often wistfully, down nostalgic roads of a sort of
“That they may all be one as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that
It is easy to overlook opportunities to praise God in the course of the day. Sadly, it is just as easy to do so during
In this time of pandemic, when many of us find ourselves limited in our ability to go out and interact with others, I encourage you
As October ends and November begins, we start thinking about the change of seasons, the coming of Advent, and the end of the year just
A lot of Catholic parish music directors today don’t seem to get it. While much of today’s “Christian Music” is uplifting and even inspirational, it
“Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm. With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful
The challenge of how to fix the Church in the 21st century is both material and spiritual, as St. Francis of Assisi discovered when he
Christ’s Passion is the Mass in its entirety. It is the source and summit of the Catholic faith. My perspective on the concept of worship
The Second Vatican Council sought to bring aggiornamento, an updating, to the Church. The most visible sign of reform ushered in by the Second Vatican Council
An idea keeps coming to my mind and heart of something akin to a “Lay Dry Mass.” This liturgy would be offered for times when
When Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, He yielded up His spirit. At that moment the veil of the temple was torn
The phrase Yada yada has been around for a long time, with varied origins proposed, but the phrase’s popularity was re-ignited by a 1997 episode
Introibo ad altare Dei, ad Deum qui laetificat juventutem meam. “I will go in unto the Altar of God, to God, Who giveth joy to my
I have been to Heaven because I have been to a Divine Liturgy. In order to explain what a Divine Liturgy is, we must
There is a long-debated bone of contention between various members of the Body of Christ about liturgical abuses in the Church. Not only are there
Pious Fantasies I couldn’t fault my doctor when I went for a private consultation, but in his own home, he seemed to have left his
“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens…” (Ecclesiastes 3:1) Particular moments and in life are too grand to be