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 »
This display spotted at my local Bi-Lo grocery store:Easter Pretty BarbieJesus, God’s Son. My teenager reports that when you press a button, He intones the Our Father, among other things, in what she describes as a “hunky” voice. Hear Him speak John 3:16! Mary Messenger of Faith. . . . . 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 »
I recently reported on the case of a baby in Canada, described in the media as dying, whose parents wanted her to be an organ donor. The non heart beating donor protocol was attempted, but the baby didn’t die, and so she was taken off the donor pool as is proper ethics in organ transplant . . . . Continue Reading »
Another example of in vitro fertilization slowly making its way from the optional to the obligatory: Parminder Sahota, a senior immigration officer, is suing her employers for sex and pregnancy-related discrimination, claiming that she was disciplined for taking too much time off for fertility . . . . Continue Reading »
The numbers keep on climbing : Nearly 40 percent of babies born in the United States in 2007 were delivered by unwed mothers, according to data released last month by the National Center for Health Statistics. The 1.7 million out-of-wedlock births, of 4.3 million total births, marked a more than 25 . . . . Continue Reading »
Nicholas Kristof is a famous New York Times columnist who has now weighed in on animal rights. Except he hasn’t. Animal rights is not the same thing as animal welfare, e.g. improving the humane treatment of animals, a good and noble cause. Rather, it is an ideology that equates human and . . . . Continue Reading »
You want to know the problem with morality today? It’s all head and no heart. Instead of thinking about the difference between right and wrong, we should just trust the instincts given to us through evolution and do what feels right. After attending a Templeton Foundation event last month . . . . Continue Reading »
I cannot believe that a science advisor to the POTUS (President of the United States) would seriously suggest that we study creating an artificial volcano that shoots pollution high into the atmosphere in order to combat global warming. But apparently he has. From the story:The president’s new . . . . Continue Reading »
Annie Lubliner Lehmann’s son Jonah was diagnosed with autism at the age of three. After twenty-two years of struggling to change her son, Lehmann writes that it was Jonah who finally changed her: Not long ago, I came across a basement copy of “Cinderella.” It reminded me of a time . . . . Continue Reading »
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