In “O Holy Night,” we are reminded of the promise of the Incarnation and its continuing resonance today.
Music
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The Gen Z Catholic Retreat Music Playlist
Whether you know it as Kairos, Spark, Magis or Encounter, we bet there was a song playing in the background that involved a banjo, a scraggly-bearded lead vocalist and lyrics about finding yourself through struggle.
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This Irish Christmas carol was once nearly forgotten. Now it’s newly famous.
I have learned to take Christmas carols seriously and to anticipate the epiphanies they may bear in my spiritual life.
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Sex, religion and iconography in pop music
American pop star Sabrina Carpenter filmed her most recent music video in a Catholic church, but Catholic iconography has long been the basis for pop songs with sexual themes and erotic imagery.
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Sufjan Stevens’ ‘Javelin’ is a meditation on grief bathed in Christian imagery
Usually private about his personal life, Stevens dedicated the album to his “beloved partner,” who passed away in April.
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In ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version),’ Taylor Swift reckons with her (and your) past self
With her release of the album “1989 (Taylor’s Version)”, Taylor Swift revisits the recording that transformed her from a star into a supernova, reflecting with joyful grace on the woman she was still becoming.
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My Heavy Metal Walk With God
Heavy metal has the power to name the darkness in the world—the injustice, the suffering, but also the numinous.
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A Deadhead’s pilgrimage: How a Dead & Company concert helped me connect with my late uncle
I may never hear my uncle Robert’s voice again, but if I want to know he’s still with me, I just need to listen to the music play.
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Parrotheads know: Jimmy Buffett was much more than booze and debauchery
Jimmy Buffett was noted for his many silly pop songs in obituaries after his death on Sept. 1. But his music wasn’t always just a matter of rum and flip-flops.
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Some Catholics will never forgive Sinéad O’Connor for tearing the pope’s photo. Others will never forget its power.
Sinéad O’Connor, who was found dead in London on July 26, thwarted any attempt throughout her life to extinguish her creativity or her output.