For someone with the right ears and eyes, Burning Man provides opportunities to become more engaged and more intentional in faith.
Music
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Podcast: Finding God in hip-hop and liberation theology
Catholics probably won’t hear hip-hop at Mass anytime soon, but that doesn’t mean the genre doesn’t have a lot to say about God and the plight of God’s people.
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Bishops’ conference sponsors Eucharistic Revival songwriting competition
The Eucharistic Revival Musical Competition seeks entries from Catholic composers, poets and songwriters.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Leonard Cohen’s Jewish and Christian imagery: ‘All that poetry was at my fingertips’
In this excerpt from her new book on Leondard Cohen, Marcia Pally examines his use of Jewish and Christian biblical images in the singer-swongwriter’s lyrics.
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Podcast: The Christmas carols we love—and love to hate
On a special Christmas episode of “Jesuitical,” Zac and Ashley discuss the meaning of Christmas hymns and share their favorite (and least favorite) holiday songs and movies.
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Is ‘Joy to the World’ really right for Christmas?
Something has started, something good, and we are going to be a part of it. But what is it exactly? Wait and see.
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Catholics cannot ignore the harm caused by Kanye West
This week on “The Gloria Purvis Podcast,” Gloria speaks with Binta Niambi Brown, a talent manager in the music and entertainment industry, about the need for Catholics to denounce Kanye West’s anti-Black and antisemitic remarks.
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‘In the Bleak Midwinter’: Christmas carols don’t have to sound joyful to turn our hearts to Jesus
Where a lot of Catholic Christmas hymns lean into the more fantastical elements—angels, stars, kings—“In the Bleak Midwinter” points us instead to the ordinary.
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Two versions of Canada’s oldest Christmas carol tell very different stories about the Nativity—and Indigenous people
Jesuit missionary Jacques de Brébeuf worked with the Indigenous Huron people for years and wanted to give the people a carol of their own, in their own language.
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Podcast: Matt Maher on ‘The Chosen,’ anxiety, racial justice and his new album
This week on Jesuitical, Ashley and Zac are joined by Matt Maher. Matt is a nine-time-GRAMMY nominee and three-time-GMA Dove Award winning musician. His latest album is “The Stories I Tell Myself.”