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Clever and Beautiful Graphic Summary of my book Crossing the Tiber
Renaissance Madrigal of Psalm 150 sung gloriously in Latin – sit back and enjoy!
Find a quiet moment, relax, read Psalm 150 below and then listen to this glorious rendition composed by William Byrd (c. 1540-1623), an English convert from Anglicanism to the Catholic Church.
1 Praise the Lord!
Praise God in his sanctuary;
praise him in his mighty heavens!
2 Praise him for his mighty deeds;
praise him according to his excellent greatness!
3 Praise him with trumpet sound;
praise him with lute and harp!
4 Praise him with tambourine and dance;
praise him with strings and pipe!
5 Praise him with sounding cymbals;
praise him with loud clashing cymbals!
6 Let everything that has breath praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord!
(English Standard Version Catholic Edition (n.p.: Augustine Institute, 2019), Ps 150:1–6.) For more of their music, click here.
Thanks to Aleteia
Did Israel commit genocide in Gaza?
Amid a hostile audience at the Oxford Union, in a debate with an anti-Zionist interrogator, Professor Alan Dershowitz brilliantly explains what actually happened.
He has taught for 50 years about these matters, defines genocide, and explains the ridiculous claim that Israel committed genocide in Gaza.
This video is worth watching and sharing.
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