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WDTRPS >> Iconic documents The New Liturgical Movement >> An Anglican Use Requiem Shouts in the Piazza >> Noble Simplicity Ars Catholica >> In the meantime (For those who may have missed it, Ars Catholica will be posting "sparsely" in the near term due to work schedules. I'm sorry, since his contribution to "all things Catholic" has been sorely missed. Still, the Blogroll link will always remain. "Domers" do that for one another. I must confess that I am a Villanova "Wildcat," however. Oh well, I hope that didn't blow a great friendship [to paraphrase Monsieur Rick's final words to Inspector Renaud!])

Ars Catholica has an insightful article on the latest buzzword, "ritual ." It is well worth reading and has some real linkages to issues within Christianity itself.

Ars Catholica >> Tip of hat, wag of the finger (Copyright Stephen Colbert) Ars Catholica >> Interesting blog on sacred music The New Liturgical Movement >> Ss. Peter and Paul in Malta with the Canons of the Basilica of Ss Peter and Paul: Basilica Insignia and Mitred Canons

Ars Catholica follows up an earlier post on its mediation on art, beauty and God with some troubling news from secular atheists . The summation holds a key: But let’s think here - can art really point to a better, nobler life without belief in God? What is to define beauty, if truth has no meaning other than what humans decide? What is there to lift us up to, if there is no example beyond ourselves? And isn’t the concentration of today’s ‘art’ on shock and surprise directly related to a decline in faith? This is precisely why a loss of Catholic traditions in art, music, liturgy, and architecture and the influence of contemporary theories of art in the mass is so poisonous. Just as contemporary art chooses only to offer us veneration of ourselves with no possibility of transcendence, modern church architecture and ‘mass in the round’ wreakovation attempts to bring the focus on the congregation, that group of “morally troubling fellow human beings” rather than pointing us to Christ.

Ars Catholica >> Stepping Outside St. Blog's... (a blog of beauty and art in religion... check it out!) WDTPRS >> Musical notation - St. Matthew’s Cathedral in Washington, DC WDTPRS >> TLM - County Kildare and a new blog in Ireland for the Extraordinary Form WDTPRS >> USS Theodore Roosevelt Re-Visited (About the TLM on CVN-71 again! And it's such a shame that "Padre" Zuhlsdorf is not wearing a new USS Theodore Roosevelt ship's cap...)

Ars Catholica posts an image and story on the beautiful image of Our Lady of Sheshan . When I saw this image both on Fr. Z’s blog and Amy Welborn’s, I thought it was one of the more stunning, modern images of Our Lady. I was particularly struck by the Chinese characters, and how, at least to this western eye, and non-Mandarin speaker, they hearken to the tradition of gold stars on a blue background. Read the full story posted here .

The New Liturgical Movement >> Teenagers and Ad Orientem Ars Catholica >> I'm registered, are you? (A new blog from someone who loves Chant and Flannery O'Connor...what's not to like? I'm placing the link in the Blogroll)