Have you been to any other houses? I looked at the descriptions when I was trying to decide which House to join, but I've never been in any of them. What is something that you think makes Theresian unique? All the House leaders are women, which encourages girls to join even more. ...
“[I]f the Word of God waited for forty-two generations in order to come ‘when time had taken a downward plunge’ (cursu declivi temporis), as the Advent hymn has it, it is because God, like a good physician, comes when he is most needed: somehow, to be fully rejuvenated, the ...
The religious and devotional books in use—the Bible, the Psalm book, the Hymnbook, the Confession, the Catechism—were written in English, and mostly came from England. Following these, the language of pulpit and Parliament, of school, bar, and society came to be normally English. Books ...
Your comments James made me think of this old gospel hymn. You are right, if we keep our eyes on Jesus & the rest of the world’s commotion will fade into its proper perspective: “O soul, are you weary and troubled? No light in the darkness you see? There’s a light for a...
O break, O break, hard heart of mine! Thy weak self-love and guilty pride, His Pilate and His Judas were! Jesus, our Love, is Crucified! Come, take thy stand beneath the Cross, And let the Blood from out that Side Fall gently on thee, drop by drop; ...
mass hymn kalewis Searching for a song I sang in grade school Jeremy St Martin My Father is on here. It is great! Masterartistspps I will be Catholic Church Organist ronsue I have written and recorded about 70 songs over the last two decades that are posted on my YouTube channel - Ro...
The next paper will continue these thoughts as it deals with the principle ofSola Gratia. We have demonstrated that there is substantial common ground between Reformed theology and authentic Catholic theology in this regard. And to this end I quote that old hymn which still rings sweetly in my...
Happily, there was no altar table: it would not be a communion service. The opening hymn was one I never heard before, “Slowly Turning, Ever Turning” by Delores Dufner, OSB. The lyrics are neither heretical nor specifically Christian. They indeed say “in the name of ...
Mass settings other than the requiem included Missa de Angelis, and Willan’s Missa Sancta Maria Magdalena. The offices included a mixture of Anglican chant and plainsong; and all the services included rousing hymn singing. Bishop Peter Wilkinson, OSG, opened the synod proper on Wednesday morning...
Today, I along with all other Catholics, celebrated theFeast of the Nativity (birthday) of Our Lady. This tradition of honoring the day of Mary’s birth dates back to the earliest centuries of the Church as it is mentioned in the lyrics of an ancient hymn from the 6th century. ...