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Why Catholics Can’t Sing
“Sacred music… is more closely connected with the liturgical action, whether it adds delight to prayer, fosters unity of minds, or confers greater solemnity upon the sacred rites. But the Church approves of all forms of true art having the needed qualities, and admits them into divine worship.” —Sacrosanctum Concilium, chapter VI section 112 I’m… Continue reading
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Vatican II Collection: Lumen Gentium
Lumen Gentium, or, The Light of the Nations, is a comprehensive statement on the salvation of the world. At its core, it declares that only the Light (lumen, that is, Jesus) can offer salvation to the nations (gentes), through the Church that Jesus himself founded. (I’ll reference chapter and paragraph numbers throughout, as this is… Continue reading
And they said to him, “Inquire of God, we pray thee, that we may know whether the journey on which we are setting out will succeed.”
And the priest said to them, “Go in peace. The journey on which you go is under the eye of the LORD.”
—Judges 18:5–6