Daily Archives: 19 September 2021

Organ First

Posted on 19 September 2021 by catholicsensibility

The Notre Dame Cathedral is stabilized enough for restoration work to begin. Work on the organ is first to begin, but over a hundred other contractors will be engaged, according to the AP.  Hopefully, the organ job won’t be completed … Continue reading →

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Mary Lou Williams

Posted on 19 September 2021 by catholicsensibility

A brief feature at Crux Now on the jazz pianist Mary Lou Williams. Another pianist has penned her biography. I will need to hunt that down. I certainly have been aware of her since I began following jazz in the early 80s … Continue reading →

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A Wisdom Canticle In James

Posted on 19 September 2021 by catholicsensibility

Listening to today’s New Testament reading, I was struck by something new: how today’s Scripture and the past week or two have shown a quality of wisdom in the epistle of James. I poked around in the whole letter a … Continue reading →

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Via Pulchritudinis: How can the Via Pulchritudinis be a Response? Part 4

Posted on 19 September 2021 by catholicsensibility

We continue to respond to the question of section II, part 2: How can the Via Pulchritudinis be a Response? Remember yesterday, Pope John Paul II reminded us in 1998 that a move from phenomenon (how we perceive the universe) to foundation … Continue reading →

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Fratelli Tutti 282: Violence A Distortion Of Christianity

Posted on 19 September 2021 by catholicsensibility

The notion of thought of watering down Christian belief as part of a dialogue with non-Christians is … well, fake news. Abandoning our convictions still happens, though independently of the conversations we might have with others. 282. It follows that … Continue reading →

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