Language of the Catholic Church and Western Civilization
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yN6QueLslM I love hymns and carols, and currently this one is playing in my head--mostly because I am getting ready for Advent. (What, you don't know many songs for Advent? Better learn this, stat!) This song sounds like a Christmas carol, but it is all about the Annunciation, so it's absolutely delightful to sing while... Continue Reading →
This is my very favorite piece of music by St. Hildegard von Bingen. It is very mysterious, which is not surprising as she was a great mystic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77M2pkkdH10 O Virtus Sapientiae (antiphon) by Hildegard von Bingen I have learned to sing it, and you can learn to sing it, too! Read through the Latin text... Continue Reading →
Salve! This post is meant to be a base for finding Catholic Latin essentials. I hope some (or all!) of these links will be helpful to you and your family: Holy Mass Intro to Traditional Latin Mass in comic-book format (Know Your Mass, 1954) https://web.archive.org/web/20141005200830/http://www.ccwatershed.org/blog/2014/apr/9/know-your-mass-demetrius-manousos-1954/ (First link in post is the PDF download for this)... Continue Reading →
