Sunday, September 13, 2015

Postlude - Vierne - Live Recording



Wedding Postlude - Carillon de Westminster - Vierne

Recorded live on Marshall & Ogletree Opus 9

July 10, 2015 

Wedding and Holy Mass

St John the Evangelist

Lambertville, NJ


Saturday, September 12, 2015

Art of the Veil and the Bible

My wife bought a new and beautiful chapel veil from Veils by Lily. It is made in the Spanish tradition; this particular veil is the Camellia style. As a side benefit, the color matches my own new Biblia Sacra from Baronius Press.









Catholic Wedding - Recessional - Trumpets and Organ Glorify!


Wedding Recessional
J.S. Bach

Sonata from

Der Himmel lacht! Die Erde jubilieret!
BWV 31



Thursday, September 3, 2015

Catholic Wedding Part 2 - Mozart: Laudate Dominum

Bride's Processional - Mozart, Laudate Dominum from Vesperae solennes de confessore, K.339

St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church
Lambertville, NJ 
July 10, 2015




Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Catholic Wedding, Part 1

Processional at Catholic Wedding Mass - Vespro della Beata Vergine by Claudio Monteverdi. Opening call to prayer and movement I.

Ceremony and Mass at St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church, Lambertville, NJ, on July 10, 2015.


Sermon Notes



Summary of sermon attended 8/31/2015 :


1) It is easy to appear externally good. We engage in external signs of piety and prayer, looking virtuous while hiding a heart and mind corrupted by sin. Rather than focus on correcting that sin, we point the finger at others. But this state of tension cannot last! You will eventually fall. Where your treasure is your heart will be also. No matter our visible appearances, we all are sinners. Christ offers the spiritual food to nourish the inner man, transforming our hearts and minds toward holiness.


2) How easy is it for us to by hypocrites! We love to point the finger at others. We get pleasure from their fall and their shame. But we are all sinner here, and we all engage in hypocrisy.


3) The media today and much of the younger generation gets more pleasure by destroying others for their sins rather than correcting them. They are hypocrites.


4) Why do so many people hate good Christians? Why does society (and the media in particular) hate these good people? These are good people. They hate them, they mock them, because they hate their desire to be good.


5) Live your life and direct your thoughts according to Church teachings. How can we claim to be Catholic without knowing and living the Church’s teachings? This is important for how we interact with non-Catholics. Live the life, or people will perceive you as a hypocrite. Know the teachings, or people will be perceive you as a hypocrite.