The Return of Catholic Song
Sing a Te Deum, goes the expression you sometimes hear in the Catholic world. Just one thing: one hardly ever hears a Te Deum. I’ve heard it probably six times in real life but that’s because I attend...
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Something for the weekend. Te Deum. When in worry or in doubt over the contemporary Church, I take great comfort in viewing the great arc of her history over 2000 years. When I do that, a Te Deum...
View ArticlePope to Give Thanks for Graces of 2013
On Tuesday evening, December 31 at 5:00 p.m. local time in St. Peter's Basilica, Pope Francis will preside at a celebration of Vespers (Evening prayer of the Church) that will include the singing of...
View ArticleTime for the Te Deum
I've played organ reductions of the Prelude to Charpentier's Te Deum innumerable times, but this one is wonderful for a listen. The tempo is over the top and you get to see a serpent, among the other...
View ArticlePope’s Homily During First Vespers of the Solemnity of the Mother of God and...
At 5:00 pm on December 31st, Pope Francis presided over the First Vespers of the Solemnity of Mary Most Holy, Mother of God, in the Vatican Basilica, followed by exposition of the Most Holy Sacrament,...
View ArticleTe Deum Tuesday: Bruckner
This week, the Te Deum is by Bruckner. Thanks to Dr Peter Kwasniewski for sending it in!
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