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Category Archives: PODCAzT
20 January 2012
PODCAzT 127: The Eve of St Agnes and a Bleak Midwinter
A priest friend reminded me that today is the day before St. Agnes Day, “The Eve of St Agnes” and that, therefore, this would be a good day to post about the famous poem by John Keats.
And so I did!
I … Continue reading
PODCAzT 127: The Eve of St Agnes and a Bleak Midwinter [37:51m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
Posted in PODCAzT, Poetry
Tagged Bleak Midwinter, Christina Rossetti, Eve of St Agnes, John Keats, Poetry
20 Comments
8 January 2012
PODCAzT 125: The liturgical year and who we are. Season Appropriate Poems.
In this PODCAzT I return to a theme I have explored many times: the liturgical year. We will hear about the Advent and Christmas cycle so that we can get our bearings on where we are… and who we are.
I … Continue reading
PODCAzT 125: The liturgical year and who we are. Poems. [34:29m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download20 December 2011
26 November 2011
PODCAzT 124: Advent Vespers hymn in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms compared
In this rapid PODCAzT I return to a hymn I dissected a few years ago in another of these audio projects, the hymn for Vespers during Advent, Conditor or Creator alme siderum, in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms of the … Continue reading
20 November 2011
PODCAzT 123: The Liturgical Year and a Custom
It is the Last Sunday of the liturgical year. In the older, traditional form of the Roman Rite it is the 24th and Last Sunday after Pentecost, even though numerically it is the 23rd. The Last Sunday is always the … Continue reading
30 July 2011
St. Peter Chrysologus, and oldie PODCAzT
Today, in the post-Conciliar calendar, is the feast of St. Peter Chrysologus, “of the golden speech”. I made a PODCAzT about something Peter wrote some years ago for a 1 May Feast of Joseph observance and beginning of the month … Continue reading
Posted in PODCAzT, Patristiblogging, The Drill
Tagged Ravenna, Roman Martyrology, St. Peter Chrysologus
10 Comments
25 June 2011
PRAYERCAzT/PODCAzT: Corpus Christi: singing the whole nine yards
I again inflict my singing on you for most of this project.
Quite a while back I started a PRAYERCAzT series, wherein I read and/or sang the prayers and readings for upcoming Sundays and Feasts for the Extraordinary Form. … Continue reading
18 June 2011
17 June 2011
OLDIE PODCAzT: Friday in the Octave of Pentecost
OLDIE PODCAzT: Friday in the Octave of Pentecost
Today is Friday in the Octave of Pentecost, or at least it ought to be in in the Novus Ordo as it is in the older, Traditional Roman Calendar.
This is the fifth … Continue reading
15 June 2011
OLDIE PODCAzT 58: Ember Days; Chrysostom on St. Matthias; Prayer to the Holy Spirit
Here is an oldie PODCAzT from 2008 for Pentecost Ember Wednesday.
08-05-14: Ember Days - Chrysostom on Matthais - Prayer to the Holy Spirit [37:47m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download____
Today is Wednesday in the Octave of Pentecost, or at least it ought to be in in the Novus Ordo as it is in the older, Traditional Roman Calendar.
This is … Continue reading
Posted in Linking Back, PODCAzT
Tagged Ember Days, Holy Spirit, Octave of Pentecost, Pentecost, St. Matthias
2 Comments
20 May 2011
19 May 2011
OLDIE PODCAzT 30: Augustine on Peter and John; singing a Tridentine Requiem; St. Peter Celestine V
This time we hear St. Augustine of Hippo’s tr. 124 on the Gospel of John, in which he explores what Christ meant when He told Peter to follow Him but told John that He would have to stay until He … Continue reading
07-05-19 Augustine on Peter and John; singing a Tridentine Requiem; St. Peter Celestine V [34:29m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
Posted in Linking Back, PODCAzT, Patristiblogging, The Drill
Tagged Augustine, dante, Durufle, Inferno, Msgr. Richard Schuler, requiem, St. Peter Celestine
6 Comments
15 May 2011
Help on the issue of PODCAzTs and the “feed”
While I was making the LENTCAzTs people wrote asking me to make a separate “feed” for them, or that they were not appearing in iTunes. They did for me, btw.
I use Podpress for my audio projects. I guess I don’t … Continue reading
13 May 2011
WDTPRS POLL: Universae Ecclesiae
Here is a little poll about the new Instruction. I have written a post about it. I have made a PODCAzT so you can listen to it.
Give your considered answer, having first read it or listened to it and then … Continue reading
Posted in PODCAzT, POLLS, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, Universae Ecclesiae
Tagged POLL. Universae Ecclesiae, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
48 Comments
PODCAzT 119: Instruction “Universae Ecclesiae”
In this PODCAzT we listen to the Instruction issued by the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” on the implementation of Summorum Pontificum of Benedict XVI.
At the beginning I have an introduction to give us some context. I read in Latin only … Continue reading























