Robert P. Imbelli

“History has proven that Bach was making music that would connect people to God.” Continue Reading »

De Lubac warned of the danger of transforming the search for the kingdom of God into a search for secular social utopias. The participants of the ongoing Synod on Synodality could learn from his Christocentric vision of the Church. Continue Reading »

A Church that neglects to exhort and instruct about the sins of the body, be they sexual or social, risks losing its Christological center. Continue Reading »

As always with Ratzinger, his reflection weds fidelity and creativity. Continue Reading »

For postmodern thinkers, Christianity’s scandal of particularity proves an insurmountable stumbling block. The eternal God’s unique incarnation in Jesus Christ is absorbed and neutered either in the name of the System or of the Non-System—both equally totalitarian.  Continue Reading »

Though I would not dare deviate from Bach’s Passions for Good Friday music listening, I cannot think of a more appropriate recording than Honeck’s “Larghetto for Orchestra” for Holy Saturday. Continue Reading »

In the Missa Solemnis, Beethoven’s titanic subjectivity seems chastened by suffering and transformed by his engagement with the graced objectivity of liturgical text and tradition. Continue Reading »

John's Gospel challenges modernity's one-dimensional reasoning. 
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The CDF statement, though seemingly focused upon the issue of the blessing of same-sex unions, has much wider import. Continue Reading »

Forty years after his death, Paul VI continues to offer a striking witness of suffering, patience, and generous love. Continue Reading »