Have you ever known someone who has had a mystical moment with God that changed the trajectory of their life and faith? And have you ever felt just a little bit envious of them?
Music
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The holiness of Dolly Parton
I think we saw in Dolly Parton something more than talent, something more than wit or charity. We saw holiness.
Posted inFaith in Focus
Dolly Parton is in heaven
Today heaven is more musical. Today heaven is more generous. Today heaven is like a family reunion.
Posted inCatholic Movie Club
Cherishing truth amid lies: Peter Bogdanovich’s ‘Paper Moon’
Nearly everyone we meet in “Paper Moon” is running some sort of scam. With the truth so clouded in uncertainty, our protagonists (and the audience) have to choose who and what to believe.
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Being human after AI: Daft Punk, Pope Leo and ‘Magnifica Humanitas’
The more I read “Magnifica Humanitas,” the more I found myself thinking about two French musicians who spent nearly 30 years masquerading as robots.
Posted inIdeas
Rapper Jelly Roll spent years in and out of prison. Now he’s bringing his Gospel-inspired music behind bars.
Jelly Roll takes seriously the command of Jesus in Matthew 25: “I was in prison and you visited me.”
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The Hillbilly Thomists on 10-city tour promoting new album ‘Strange Land’
The band performs a mixture of bluegrass, folk, gospel and original songs composed by the Dominican friars.
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A giddy Patti Smith meets fellow Chicago legend, Pope Leo XIV
Patti Smith has said that while she is not Catholic, she was drawn in particular to Pope Francis and his “gentle, open, and steadfast sense of humanity.”
Posted inIdeas
Did Pope Leo just quote a Bob Dylan deep cut?
Pope Leo is the first pope to quote Bob Dylan. But he’s not the first to interact with the famous troubadour.
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‘Turn Around’: The Bonnie Tyler-inspired youth ministry skit that formed—and scarred—a generation
For many young American Christians, “Total Eclipse of the Heart” wasn’t the soundtrack to a painful breakup, but to a spiritual and in some cases traumatic experience.