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Blue Weekend – Wolf Alice – AOTM February 2023
One album I have kept coming back to this month is Blue Weekend. This album, by London group Wolf Alice is a sort of ethereal rock feast. Produced by Markus Dravs, (Coldplay, Arcade Fire, Mumford & Sons, Florence + the Machine), it certainly packs a punch....
The Sacraments: Matrimony – Giuseppe Maria Crespi – 1712
What is a sacrament? The sacraments are “efficacious signs of grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church, by which divine life is dispensed to us” (CCC 1131). A sacrament is a sacred and visible sign that is instituted by Jesus to give us grace, an...
The Confession – Giuseppe Molteni (1838)
I came across this painting as it was the feature image on an article by a priest who was rather upset at Pope Francis' off the cuff remark that nobody should be denied absolution in the confessional. This is not in line with the Church's teaching, which states...
Rhythm of the Saints – Album of the Year 2022
Heartfelt thanks to my dear Papa who first suggested this to me. I am not as familiar with Graceland as I ought to be but I understand this is an album which was sufficiently weighty to square up to it. Indeed I have listened and re-listened to this album countless...
The Shadow of Death – William Holman Hunt
Holman Hunt worked on this between 1870 and 1873, on his second trip to the Holy Land. It shows Jesus as a young man, taking a break from his carpenter work, which he is doing with his mother, Mary. This painting is replete with details, as I have come to expect from...
Favourite Cover – January 2023
Firstly I should like to apologise sincerely for my lack of posting ere these last four weeks. My life has become rather hectic with a combination of wedding planning, Christmas holiday, bereavement and changes at work. I have not had the time which I would have liked...