Nathaniel Peters

And according to Wikipedia , at least, Susan Boyle is an active volunteer at Our Lady of Lourdes, Blackburn. . . . . Continue Reading »

China’s one-child policy should be the dream come true of population-control advocates. But there’s just one problem: The Chinese prefer boys to girls, so girls are more likely to be aborted than boys. Sixteen million girls, to be precise, between 1985 and 2005, a slaughter of . . . . Continue Reading »

My freshman year of college I first encountered the Regina Coeli from Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana , sung after Mass on Easter Sunday in place of the Angelus. The Regina Coeli lasts only a few seconds, however, before a rollicking Easter hymn begins: Inneggiamo, il Signor non è morto. . . . . Continue Reading »

Those interested in new Christian publications should check out The Christendom Review . The journal describes itself as follows: The Christendom Review is a literary journal dedicated to the Diaspora of Christendom, that remnant of people who either deliberately or intuitively subscribe to the . . . . Continue Reading »

At the first Easter Vigil I ever attended I heard Edward Bairstow’s “Sing Ye to the Lord.” The choir begins with a triumphant singing of the beginning of the Song of Moses: “Sing Ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously! Pharoah’s chariots and his horse hath he . . . . Continue Reading »

Our former assistant editor Mary Angelita Ruiz has a beautiful remembrance of Fr. Neuhaus in the new issue of Dappled Things , the magazine she helped found. The beginning is especially nice: Richard John Neuhaus sang “Come Thou Fount of Ev’ry Blessing,” that stalwart American hymn, . . . . Continue Reading »

Equally beautiful , but more haunting is Victoria’s first tenebrae responsory for Holy Thursday. Notice how the verse ends with “se suspendit”—he hanged himself—a line reflected in the music with a half note and rest where you would expect a whole note to resolve. Amicus . . . . Continue Reading »

I first came to appreciate Holy Week my freshman year of college when I attended the parish of S. Clement’s, Philadelphia, whose liturgies were long, rich, and full of the majesty of the Triduum. On Holy Thursday they sing des Prez’s Missa “Pange Lingua,” whose music gives a . . . . Continue Reading »

From the tenebrae service for Holy Saturday, here is Victoria’s “Ecce Quomodo Moritur” sung by Harry Christophers and the Sixteen: Ecce quomodo moritur iustus et nemo percipit corde. Viri iusti tolluntur et nemo considerat. A facie iniquitatis sublatus est iustus et erit in pace . . . . Continue Reading »

A Way of the Cross procession will take place the night of Good Friday at 8:30 p.m., beginning at Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral (Mott St. and Prince St.). The procession will move through the East and West Village and will be accompanied by the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal and seminarians . . . . Continue Reading »