In the meantime…

While I’m away, I thought I would point you, kind reader, to two TLM blogs. One I have had in my sidebar for sometime – TLM in Maryland. Recently (well, it’s getting so it’s not so recent) there was a great post on that site pointing out resources on the Jubilate Deo chants (the ones [...]

Work is…

getting in the way of blogging. Hope to resume more frequent posting soon. Don’t give up on me please!

Ritual for a feeling

Have any of you been following the Sally Quinn affair? I had not heard about it before – but I found my way to the Washington Post’s religion section “On Faith.” Almost all the panelists there are describing, defending, or otherwise commenting on fellow panelist and non-Catholic Sally Quinn and her reception of Holy Communion [...]

The Travel Channel for Catholics!

From the inbox – despite my predilection for a revival of more traditional Catholic art forms, one of my interests is seeing how Catholics can use media, new and otherwise, to spread the faith. I received an interesting e-mail maybe about a week ago; I apologise for my delay in posting this, but in general, [...]

Pope Benedict on freedom

From His Holiness’ homily at Yankee Stadium, 20 April 2008.

“Authority” … “obedience”. To be frank, these are not easy words to speak nowadays. Words like these represent a “stumbling stone” for many of our contemporaries, especially in a society which rightly places a high value on personal freedom. Yet, in the light of our faith [...]

Just outside St. Blog’s

I was doing some internet surfing, and I am now giving thanks to God for the invention of the staff (four or five lined!).
This is Byzantine Chant notation, and those be neumes!

I hate to say – but it’s Greek to me!

Interesting blog on sacred music…

I just found this blog recently. The author doesn’t seem to post a ton – but when she does, the entries are interesting and very well written. And she’s a fellow domer, so please give her site a visit.
Musings on Music and other such mysteries
 

Tip of hat, wag of the finger (Copyright Stephen Colbert)

I have to borrow Mr. Colbert’s phrase here. Sometime ago I wagged my finger at the National Association of Pastoral Musicians for using an image of the cryptex from the Da Vinci Code on their Liturgical Decoder website.
But now, in their most recent magazine, they have dedicated three articles to Gregorian Chant! Jeffrey Tucker at [...]