The Christian imagination enchants the world with a haunting presence, not that of leprechauns, gnomes, gremlins and ghosts, but the haunting, gracing presence of the Holy Spirit. We need the Christian imagination to kick in because the world’s imagination authors a...
Imagination Redeemed by Gene Edward Veith Jr. & Matthew P. Ristuccia Have you ever wondered why the human faculty of imagination has gotten such a bad rap in Christian circles? In the Church, somehow the black hat of disapproval has been bestowed on...
Christ, Good Shepherd, bread Divine, show us to your mercy sign. Feed us still, still keep us thine That we may see your glory shine In the kingdom of the good. Source of all we have or know, Come and guide us here below, Make us, at your table seated, By your saints...
Ego Tantrum or Tantum Ergo . . . Whenever I feel like throwing an ego tantrum, I do my best to get to my computer and spend four minutes listening to “Tantum Ergo,” the last two verses of St. Thomas Aquinas’ hymn “Pange Lingua Gloriosi Corporis Mysterium” which is...
If articulation is the metaphor of giving yourself away for the music, then our sound theology must consider great music teachers as some of the best examples of this metaphor . . . and at the top of that list must be French musician Nadia Boulanger. American...
