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Confusing Beauty with Baroque
The strongest force driving skepticism of liturgical reform is the “lack of reverence” some experience at the Ordinary Form.
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Tilman Riemenschneider of the day: Saint with double handled sword
Why is he carrying a double-handled sword?
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Video Link: Today’s Misa Criolla with Pope Francis
12 noon EST.
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Viewpoint: Celebrating the Three Comings of Christ in the Advent Season
We call upon Christ’s presence that we may know the effects of his historic birth; we await the saving power of Christ’s return in glory; and we look in faith to his sacramental presence now.
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Non solum: What New Gloria Settings Do You Recommend?
Which through-composed settings of the “Gloria” that are out there have taken off since the implementation of the 2011 Roman Missal?
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Tilman Riemenschneider of the Day: The Crucified
“There was nothing of the demagogue about him. But his heart, that beat warmly for the poor and the oppressed, forced him to take the part of the peasants, whose cause he recognized as just and pleasing in the sight of God, against the lords, the bishops, and the princes… Riemenschneider paid dearly for it.”…
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A Monk of Our Time
Thomas Merton OCSO, monk of the Abbey of Gethsemane in Kentucky, died on this date in 1968, twenty seven years to the day after he entered the Abbey in 1941.
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Mass for Our Lady of Guadalupe in St. Peter’s Basilica
All the movements of the Misa Criolla are being sung at the Mass with Pope Francis – the choir is singing the Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei.
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Megachurches and Christ Cathedral: Continuing Dialog between Bishop Vann and Francis Mannion
Pray Tell received this letter from Bishop Vann in the diocese of Orange, which is followed by Msgr. Mannion’s response to Msgr. Holquin and Bishop Vann.
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