On the anniversary of the deaths of JFK and CSL, who died on this day in 1963, I ponder their legacy and ask where they might be now. Heaven? Purgatory? Hell?
All posts by Joseph Pearce
Living in Heaven’s Overspill
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In seeing reality, how is the angels’ angle the right angle? How can we see by the light by which we’re made? These and other questions are pondered in these mystical musings:
New Music for the Old Rite
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My friend Frank La Rocca, a fine composer of sacred music, has just had his setting of the Mass used at the celebration of the sacred liturgy in the Extraordinary Form at the National Shrine in Washington DC. This is the first ever Mass of the Americas in the Extraordinary Form, celebrated by Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of the Archdiocese of San Francisco.
The whole Mass is beautiful and if you love liturgy, do listen to all (including much beautiful chant). However, if you just want to hear the choir singing Frank La Rocca’s music, here is where you’ll find it in the video, the link to which is below:
Cantico del Alba – 13:00
Kyrie/Gloria – 25:00
Ave Maria – 1:07:10 (Amy Broadbent, soloist)
Sanctus/Benedictus – 1:28:08
Agnus Dei – 1:32:05
Ave verum corpus – 1:40:00
Aue Maria – 2:06:40 – in Nahuatl (Crossley Hawn, soloist)
followed by the Salve Regina
T. S. Eliot and the Catholic Revival
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What is T. S. Eliot’s place in the Catholic Revival and where does he fit within the wasteland of modernity? These questions are addressed in my latest article for the National Catholic Register:
The Crucifixion and Resurrection of Truth
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Need we be worried by intellectual fads and ideological fashions that crucify the truth? Here’s my endeavour to answer this question:
Drama versus Tyranny
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What lessons do the plays of Sophocles, Shakespeare and Eliot teach? What do they say about the perennial tension between the secular state and religious liberty? These questions are addressed in a brief essay of mine in Faith & Culture:
Cardinal Sarah Marshals the Church Militant
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Here’s my tribute to a Cardinal with the courage of his orthodox convictions:
Shakespeare & the Saints
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What does Shakespeare say about the saints? More than many people might think:
The Queen and the Popes on Subsidiarity
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What does the recent Queen’s Speech and several papal encyclicals have in common? Find the answer here: https://
What is Civilization?
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Civilization is not what Wikipedia thinks it is. Read on: