Music in mass is essential, it is personally my favorite part, but generally speaking it is essential to scripture. It generally includes the Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus/Benedictus, and the Agnus Dei (Lamb of God). Through the materiality of this music, we can experience the connection with God during mass in…

Being able to see an image is one thing but being able to understand and “see” the icon requires more contemplation. Jean-Luc Marion states that “The image has no original other than itself and undertakes to make itself acceptable only to the unique original” meaning that the image disconnects itself…

In these past few classes, I learnt that liturgy wasn’t simply a religious text but as Guardini says “The liturgical entity consists rather the united body of the faithful such –The Church — the body which infinitely outnumbers the mere congregation”. My understanding of liturgy changed as not only does…

Divine revelation can be defined as what God revealed about His existence himself through Scripture and tradition. It can be connected to a will a God that cannot be perceived or known absolutely through reason, through the event of word becoming flesh delivering this encounter to us in the Scriptures…

A piece of beautiful art that I have encountered that has truly stuck with me is Marshall’s, Better Homes, Better Gardens, 1994. As the subject matter of the piece isn’t always beautiful, the way it displays the aspects of play, symbol and festivity that Godamer explains is unique. Firstly, this…