Growing up as an Anglican, Byrd's music formed a significant part of my spiritual development. (Along with that of his mentor, Thos. Tallis.)
His conversion story is beautiful; it seems significant for the Ordinariates and their culture that Byrd's work is shared in the deepest possible way by the Catholic Church and the liturgical traditions surviving in Anglicanism, since his work is a major part of Anglican culture, and he will someday share in the beatific vision.
Hopefully, those who remain in his church of origin will continue to come into fuller communion with Rome.
Southwell as someone who kneels at the manger already knowing the cost changes everything. No cozy Christmas. No safe beauty. Just heat, danger, and devotion under pressure.
The way you tie the Burning Babe to Mass, time collapsing, fire as love and sacrifice at once. That’s not poetic ornament. That’s theology that scorches.
Thank you! Theology that scorches...amen. May we chant with the children amid the flames: Et ambulabant in medio flammae, laudantes Deum, et benedicentes Domino. (Dan. 3:24).
Growing up as an Anglican, Byrd's music formed a significant part of my spiritual development. (Along with that of his mentor, Thos. Tallis.)
His conversion story is beautiful; it seems significant for the Ordinariates and their culture that Byrd's work is shared in the deepest possible way by the Catholic Church and the liturgical traditions surviving in Anglicanism, since his work is a major part of Anglican culture, and he will someday share in the beatific vision.
Hopefully, those who remain in his church of origin will continue to come into fuller communion with Rome.
Southwell as someone who kneels at the manger already knowing the cost changes everything. No cozy Christmas. No safe beauty. Just heat, danger, and devotion under pressure.
The way you tie the Burning Babe to Mass, time collapsing, fire as love and sacrifice at once. That’s not poetic ornament. That’s theology that scorches.
Quietly devastating piece.
Thank you! Theology that scorches...amen. May we chant with the children amid the flames: Et ambulabant in medio flammae, laudantes Deum, et benedicentes Domino. (Dan. 3:24).