The Beautiful “Veni Sancte Spiritus” Sung by Taizé
Eight weeks after Easter every year the Church commemorates its own birth – the Day [...]
The Our Father Chanted in Aramaic
In theory, at least, most people believe that art and music have power to touch [...]
The Aromatic Beauty of Liturgical Incense
We’ve just passed the Feast of the Epiphany and have contemplated the Magi in their [...]
Is This the Largest Thurible in the World?
It’s called the Botafumeiro, literally “the smoke expeller” in the local dialect of the people [...]
St. Ephrem’s Marvelous Sermon on the Cross of Christ
Roman Catholics venerate the extraordinary 4th century poet and writer known as St. Ephrem the [...]
The Miraculous Conversion of a Rabid Nazi
The life story of the German Franciscan priest, Fr. Gereon Goldmann, is one for the [...]
The Grace of Doing One Thing at a Time
Sometimes…it isn’t worry that causes us to focus on the future, but the hope of [...]