music
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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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Christmas Tunes
My Advent season has been severely lacking in Christmas music. Between not driving to work (and therefore no radio), and having finished Christmas shopping a month ago, there are few opportunities to catch some little ditty in passing. So I have to take it upon myself. Here are some of my favorite Christmas songs, to… 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