Now that we are a few days into processing what happened in Newtown on Friday, everyone is coming out of the woodwork with someone or something to blame. Too many guns, too few guns, violent video games, mental health stigma, lack of school prayer, and the media are a few of the most popular suspectedContinue reading >>
7 Quick Takes, volume 22
— 1 — Rather than being a season of joy and light, the holiday season tends to be a time of freneticism and stress for we musicians. I had a conducting gig earlier this week in the pouring rain, and though we were under and awning the ground was soaked, leaving me no place toContinue reading >>
An old apparition’s message of newness: Our Lady of Guadalupe
I’ll admit, I came a little late to the Guadalupe bandwagon. Between being raised in a fairly traditional Irish Catholic environment and not having a strong personal devotion to Mary, I never paid much attention to this particular devotion or the feast we celebrate today. But the more I learn, the more I realize thisContinue reading >>
When it’s an obligation
In the wonderful world of the Catholic liturgical calendar, this past weekend was a big one: Immaculate Conception on Saturday, with observance of the Second Sunday of Advent beginning at sundown. Since Immaculate Conception is a day of obligation, Catholics were obliged to attend mass in the morning. In casual parlance, Saturday night wouldn’t “count”Continue reading >>
7 Quick Takes, volume 21
— 1 — Come, Emmanuel! Last week I was full of optimism about keeping a holy Advent, and now we’re a week in and I’m still in the same distracted crazy place I was during the tail end of Ordinary Time. I’m not sure it’s fair to hold liturgical musicians to the same standard asContinue reading >>
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