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(Source: Facebook Dennis Brown)

There is also a review of this book at The Chant Café, by Ben Yanke .

This article is taken from a Jewish newspaper but it might be interesting to you that the “Song of Songs” is called in the Vulgate Bible “Canticum Canticorum” and during the middle ages also “Cantica Canticorum”. From the Jewish Forward  … Continue reading →

(Text from Wiki Source) This hymn originated in a 14th century Latin carol from Bohemia: Surrexit Christus hodie Humano pro solamine. Mortem qui passus pridie Miserrimo pro homine. Mulieres ad tumulum Dona ferunt aromatum,

The central event of the Passion Christi is not included in this picture cycle as art historians suppose that it was originally a wood carving serving as the central part of a Triptychon, while the paintings we see here serve … Continue reading →

Speaking as a convert myself, I can say that I learned from my own experience that if we converts join the Church because we would like the Church to fulfil our own political, ideological, aesthetic, cultural, personal wishes, we are always in … Continue reading →

A picture from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, by Hans Memling, Netherlandish.

Text from abcnews. Sorry if this article is a little old, I found it while rummaging around in the blog attic. -BB It’s a story worthy of a Hollywood adaptation. A cuddly bear cub, orphaned in the mountains of northern … Continue reading →

Text: Hail! Bright Cecilia 2 Soli and Chorus: Hail! Bright Cecilia Hail! bright Cecilia, fill ev’ry heart With love of thee and thy celestial art, That thine, and Music’s sacred love May make the British forest prove As famous as … Continue reading →

H/T Bishop Christopher Coyner “Sacred Scripture contains no text concerning the event commemorated in today’s liturgy. For something of a historical background one may consult the apocryphal works, particularly the Protoevangel of St. James (ch. 4:1ff). After an angel had … Continue reading →

St. Louise de Marrillac married an official of the royal court, Antony Le Gras, and after his death in 1625 was an active supporter of the charitable work of St Vincent de Paul, who came to put more and more … Continue reading →

“Remembrance Day (also known as Poppy Day or Armistice Day) is a memorial day observed in Commonwealthcountries since the end of World War I to remember the members of their armed forces who have died in the line of duty. This day, or alternative dates, are also recognized as … Continue reading →

Today, most people are having fun of Halloween, but rarely anyone knows that it is also the Feast Day of St. Wolfgang, a Missionary Bishop of the Early Middle Age. Americancatholic.org gives us a concise description of this Saint. Wolfgang … Continue reading →

(From Teresa of Ávila: “Interior Castle”, Chapter II. Source: Christian Classiscs Ethereal Library) 9. A soul which gives itself to prayer, either much or little, should on no account be kept within narrow bounds. Since God has given it such … Continue reading →

Humour is a delicate thing: one man’s humour can be another man’s insult. Also, there are differences between nationalities: a nation’s joke could leave members of another nation bewildered or even disturbed. But I hope that Catholicism will combine us … Continue reading →