The New Beginning

Tuesday, July 08, 2008

For Pete Takeshi--AICN: Bruce Campbell on what it would take for him to do another EVIL DEAD + more

Macross TV - Opening by Nekki Basara

Crunchy Con: The miseducation of American elites

How many people know that Lincoln approved a proposed Thirteenth Amendment which would have guaranteed non-interference with slavery in the South, as long as no black people could be brought to unsettled territories which Northern capitalists were eager to exploit—and those capitalists could continue their tariff “protection”?

Zenit: "Summorum Pontificum" One Year Later (Part 2)

On the BSG mid-season cliff-hanger

"Revelations"

*spoiler warning*

So 4 of the final 5 don't actually know the way to Earth--what actually was instrumental to their finding earth was the 'special' Viper in which Starbuck returned to the fleet. The Vipert picked up a colonial emergency locator signal that no other ship was able to detect. Of course the signal was pointing the way to Earth. All the cylons did was walk over to the Viper when prompted to do so by the music they heard in their heads, figuring that there was something special about it, since they were brought to it, and then calling Starbuck to figure out what exactly that was.

Lee talked about them receiving "messages from the beyond," while Starbuck responded that things happened "just the way the hybrid said it would happen." So there is some Higher Power orchestrating this, who wants the colonials to find Earth with the cylcons. When will the final cylon model be revealed? I would like it for a special guest star to be cast as the final cylon model, rather than it turning out to be a character that has already shown up in the series [recurring or not]. Though I suppose there might be something fitting if Richard Hatch's reformed terrorist-politician character Tom Zarek were to be it. On that note, an appearance by Dirk Benedict on the show would be nice.

StarBuck vs. StarDoe

While 3's re-appearance did threaten the alliance between the cylons and humans, eventually with the discovery of the 4 of the 5 remaining cylons, the two parties were able to re-establish some sort of peace and jump to Earth. What do they find when they take the shuttles down? A desolate Earth, a frozen wasteland... is there radiation on the surface as well, indicative of a nuclear war?

YouTube: Battlestar Galactica "Revelations" Arrival at Earth Scene

"This has all happened before, and it will happen again."

All that was missing was a the statue of liberty and some apes.

Will it turn out that the Earth is not really the 13th colony, but the 1st colony, rather the original homeworld? With the humans being the first cylons/artificial lifeforms created by the original human beings living on Earth? (I read that speculation on AICN I believe.) And will the humans and cylons return to the 12 colonies to repopulate them, as these photos might suggest? And what role did the "Higher Power" have to play in all of this? Will "God" remain as hidden as ever by the end of the Series Finale? (That is what I'm betting. Whether the relationship between God and the humans and cylons will be clarified at least... that remains to be unseen.)

Perhaps by the finale, the series will show that all the time people have spent watching has been worth it--but I think drama for its own sake has been the order of the day, everything else has been made subordinate to it. Did Ron Moore have a coherent vision of the story and how would it end when the original miniseries aired three years ago?

Adama's breakdown on learning of what Saul Tigh's was was somewhat refreshing; we've seen how 'human' Bill Adam can be--first admitting of his love for Laura Roselin, and then realizing that his closest friend of the last 30 years was not human, but a skinjob.

TV Yahoo

Old-time Country Music

Wiki

Introduction:
Hillbilly-Music.com - Home of Old-Time Country Music
Old-Time Country Music
KET | Kentucky Muse | About Old-Time Music
Paul Jones Old Time Country Radio Show on WLIJ Shelbyville TN
Old Time Country Music Lovers
AMERICA'S OLD-TIME COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME | Old Time Music

Record Companies:
ZEPP Country Music
Rounder Records - Welcome
Country Music Labels in the Yahoo! Directory
Bluegrass and Old-time country labels, 1-L
old-time country music cds, cassettes, videos, books
Amazon.com: Old-Time Country: Music

Music Programs:
East Tennessee State University: Bluegrass, Old Time, & Country Music
Old Town School of Folk Music
The Folk School, St. Louis, MO
Calliope School of Folk Music
Swallow Hill: Denver's Home for Folk, Roots and Acoustic Music
Traditional Music Program :: Passing the Pick & Bow
Traditional Music, drumming, dance, culture at Summit School ...

Various Articles:
Can women save country music? - Salon.com
“Just a few penny dreadfuls”The Ukulele and Old-Time Country Music ...
MusicMoz - Styles: Country: Traditional: Old-Time: Links

Other Links:
International Country Music Conference
contra-square-dance-music-nh
AMERICA'S OLD-TIME COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME | Old Time Music
Bluegrass Mandolin Old Timey Banjo Picking Old Time Country Music
24th Annual Bluegrass & Old-Time Country Music Festival
IN SEARCH OF OLD-TIME COUNTRY MUSIC - New York Times
California Traditional Music Society
Tucson Friends of Traditional Music
Folk Music Links
Chester County Old-Time Music & Dance
Fiddler Magazine - Resources

Some Old-Time Country Performers:
New Old-Time Country Music, Sojourners Magazine/January 2008
Carolina Chocolate Drops: African-American String Band
(Myspace)

Carolina Chocolate Drops "Georgie Buck"

Carolina Chocolate Drops - Dona Got a Ramblin' Mind

Carolina Chocolate Drops on Michigan TV station

The Tennessee Mafia Jug Band :: Old Time Country and Bluegrass Music

Tennessee Mafia Jug Band Opry Spots

Old Time Ensemble - Cherokee Shuffle

Berklee Old Time Ensemble 1

Thomas Stanton - Ensemble - banjo, dobro, guitar, mandolin, fiddle

Toshio Hirano
Smitten by old-time American country music, Toshio Hirano left Tokyo with a twang in his heart for where the grass is bluer

Brandywine Friends of Old Time Music
MySpace

Old Time Music and Dance Band Home Pages

Scandinavian Folk Music!
Leroy Larson and The Minnesota Scandinavian Ensemble
Scandinavian Folk Music and Dance Resource Guide
NISSWASTÄMMAN - NISSWA MINNESOTA - SCANDINAVIAN FOLK MUSIC ...
Scandinavian Folk Music and Dance Resource Guide

Hrm, something for Wisconsin natives: Wisconsin Bluegrass Music
Bill Jorgenson - Father of Wisconsin Bluegrass
High Water Music

Monday, July 07, 2008

I don't think I had heard about what happened in Phoenix until I read this post by Fabius Maximus, Stratfor: the Mexican cartels stike at Phoenix, AZ, but it does give some basis for the conerns outlined in this earlier post.

On second thought, maybe I did come across the news before--I remember speculation about some gunmen being former members of the Mexican military.

This was mentioned on Coast-to-Coast Am Radio tonight on Talk 560. The guest--Dr. Steven Greer is an emergency physician, not a physicist. So when he started talking about flying saucers that the US gov't had developed, anti-gravity, and so on...

The Orion Project
The Disclosure Project - Home Page

Dr. Steven Greer Interview
Reaching Disclosure: An Interview with Stephen Greer - UFO Evidence
UFOs: What the U.S. Government Really Knows; Dr. Steven M. Greer ...
global artist village news: RADIO INTERVIEW Dr. Steven Greer ...
Steven Greer Interview, page 1

I can't take it seriously.

Tonight I had dinner with xiao Jimmy and his girlfriend and the OD, at Thien Long (Tin Long), a Vietnamese restaurant near the Target on Capitol. They all commented that it resembled Tung Kee, but maybe more upscale. I had the sliced beef rice plate--it was quite good, even if the quantity was average. I guess I'm too mouch of an American. Clemens told my mother that there are a lot of good Vietnamese Catholics--it has been hard for him to find a good Chinese Catholic girl. He is supposed to get married to his Vietnamese girlfriend soon. (I don't know if my mother will be invited.) He also mentioned that Vietnamese immigrants tend not to be as well off as Chinese immigrants. He was trying to make another point, but I can't remember what it is at the moment. Jimmy's girlfriend claimed I was too picky, and Jimmy agreed. I protested, but I didn't want to explain my position, though they do know at least that I'm not looking for an airhead. There was an attractive Vietnamese woman at the restaurant, but she has a boyfriend... Jimmy remarked that she was wearing a lot of makeup (too much unnecessary rouge perhaps). The OD claimed my standards had fallen, whatever that means.

And then an older woman came in with some bling.

At any rate maybe I should spend more time in San Jose. Hah.

First Principles Journal: Bill Kauffman, The Regionalist: Ray Bradbury of Illinois

Twitch: A Proper Nine Minutes Promo Reel and New Trailer for John Woo’s RED CLIFF

Chef Alice Waters

She is mentioned in the John Schwenkler essay in The American Conservative. She insists on fresh, local, seasonal ingredients.

Welcome to ChezPanisse.com
The Edible Schoolyard People
Alice Waters - Slow Food, Slow Schools
CEL Alice Waters
Cafe Fanny by Alice Waters
wiki
The Art of Simple Food by Alice Waters - Hardcover - Random House

Alice Waters's new book is a simple guide to making superb food ...

Amazon.com: The Art of Simple Food: Notes, Lessons, and Recipes ...
Amazon.com: Alice Waters and Chez Panisse: The Romantic ...

Youtube: Charlie Rose Greenroom - Alice Waters

More:
Lunch With Alice Waters, Food Revolutionary - New York Times
Alice Waters: Women of the Year 2007: WOTY: glamour.com
Chez Alice Waters - March 28, 2007 - The New York Sun
The Food Revolution of Alice Waters' Chez Panisse : NPR
American Masters . Alice Waters PBS
America's green goddess Food and drink Life and Health
Powells.com Interviews - Alice Waters
Interview with Alice Waters Salon Life
Salon Brilliant Careers Alice Waters
Lunch With Alice Waters, Food Revolutionary - New York Times
Slow Food Nation
Interview with Alice Waters
Michael Bauer: Between Meals : The passion of Alice Waters
Real Food Pioneer: Alice Waters - Times Online
Learning Curves: Alice Waters Edutopia
ENCORE JOURNEY: Alice Waters' Edible Schoolyard Encore: Work ...
Mother Jones: Alice Waters
Metropolis Mag: Alice Waters
The Ethicurean: Chew the right thing. » Blog Archive » Alice ...
On Meeting Alice Waters Chew On That

Crunchy Con thread on that stone tablet.

Israel Knohl on the messiah before Jesus: New research backs his case - (18/05/2008)
the actual article by Israel Knohl (pdf)

June 30 issue of American Conservative: Eating Right

Food for Thought By John Schwenkler Localism, the family table, and sustainability are conservative virtues. So why should food culture be left to liberal activists?

Table Talk Concern for community as well as good eating animates Crunchy Con Rod Dreher and bestselling food writer Michael Pollan.

DREHER: Last question: do you see any potential in our fast evolving political environment for Left-Right coalitions based around food, farming, and environmental issues?
POLLAN: I do, but you have to scrape a little bit and get past these class signifiers—words like “arugula” that in our culture signify a social formation characterized by the sort of East Coast, Ivy League cultural baggage that David Brooks is so good at chronicling.
“Arugula,” we should remember, is a marketing term invented by somebody who thought that this very common green, known by farmers all over the Midwest for many years as “rocket,” needed to be tuned up and given new appeal. It’s a complete marketing creation, and it’s completely ruined a very healthy green—at least from a political point of view.
I think there is an enormous amount of political power lying around on the food issue, and I am just waiting for the right politician to realize that this is a great family issue. If that politician is on the Right, all the better. I think that would be terrific, and I will support him or her.

Burning Dinner By Timothy P. Carney Ethanol doesn’t reduce the cost of fuel, but it does drive up the prices of corn, beef, and beer.

Zenit: Cardinal Bertone: Bishops Need Christ's Conquering
"Summorum Pontificum" One Year Later (Part 1)
Aide: Pauline Year a Chance for Unity

Kathy McMahon, Three types of doomers and fantasy collapse

Kurt Cobb, Which future should we prepare for, industrial or agrarian?

original

A review of Johnnie To's Sparrow, @ AICN.

Monkey Peaches has links to trailers and such.

A trailer @ YouTube:

George Strait & Allan Jackson-Murder on Music Row

alt; another

Wiki: Neotraditional Country

A first follow-up to the post on Nashville Star--the song laments what has happened to country music.

Sunday, July 06, 2008

Nashville Star

Even though it features Jewel as a judge and has some appeal to me for that reason, the show is representative of much (all?) that is wrong with contemporary country music. As for Billy Ray Cyrus being the show's host... my perhaps extreme reaction is that he should spend more time parenting--a lot of people are worried that Miley Cyrus will follow in the footsteps of Lindsay Lohan. I remember when his Achy Breaky Heart was first released, there were a lot of complaints about the dumbing down of country and the promotion of image over substance; this was in addition to the older crticism of its transformation through the influence of pop and rock (both with respect to the music and also to its performance). I suppose some of the same criticisms could be made with respect to Taylor Swift, whose rise and popularity baffles fans of traditional country music. (Her MySpace.)

on taylor swift and the death of country music « (insert name here)

A lot of the contestants on the show just can't sing well... sometimes the judges make comments about it, sometimes there is the Paula Abdul sort of praise on American Idol that makes you wonder if they were listening to the same performance, or if there is something about the acoustics in the theater that changes the sound.

I'm partial to Pearl Heart -- Sarge might be too. But Melissa is probably the best in the group of contestants. Some photos of Pearl Heart:

Pearl Heart {Who Says You Cant Go Home} NBC's Nashville Star

They're performing a song written by Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora (who have recently crossed over into country). And so the line between country and rock has been blurred, to the deteriment of country I believe. I remember having a conversation with another seminarian about this more than 10 years ago--he's now a priest, Fr. PW. The use of electric instruments, a heavy focus on the beat, and a lot of noise--music should not destroy one's hearing, whether it's played on the radio or live, and then there is the problem of music that unleashes passion without guidance from reason, through the emphasis on rhythm.

Country music's reflection of traditional mores has been lost to an extent; we can hear this in the lyrics and see it in oversexualized music videos. Undoubtedly there has always been a 'darker' side to country (someone who has been a long-time follower of country music can speak about this, I'm too young and new to country to say much but give my impressions), but it was more of an acknowledgement of human sin and frailty, than an endorsement or rationalization of bad behavior? And the rest had a clean, wholesome quality, with songs about devotion to one's wife and family and so on? I like the melody for a certain Leann Womack song (and her voice, even though it is rather limited), but I think there si a bit too much morose delectation with respect to fornication and 'love' in the lyrics.

What is the audience for country music like in the Bay Area? Who are the fans that go to the concerts? (Alan Jackson is performing in San Jose in August.) Perhaps the biggest country station is 95.7 The Wolf, but I find that its male hosts and djs are lacking 'something'. Country music remains popular in mainstream America (I think pop is dying a faster death)--but doesn't it say something about country music when its popularity has become separate from the culture that gave birth to it? Is its mainstreaming or assimilation into 'American culture' just another example of traditional culture being destroyed when it is 'nationalized' through the work of merchants? And can there be any other result when music is reduced to mass entertainment?
There is another, smaller radio station, 95.3 KRTY , but there seems to be more variety (although this afternoon they did play the Alan Jackson song "Good Times" twice within two hours.

What can be said about Nashville and the record companies there? Is talent really being groomed? Or are pretty faces with some singing ability just being marketed for dollars? Perhaps country music had been commercialized even in the 'good old days' -- but I would like to think that it had lagged behind other genres a bit?

(How would God apportion talent in a healthy society? Who has resources and talent to learn how to play an instrument (as opposed to singing)? Perhaps only a few would have the talent and skills to play instruments, but shouldn't the community nuture their development, so that they can contribute to the life of the local community?)

At this point I would like to see singers just sing good folk songs and covers of classics, instead of adding to the incessant drive for novelty and originality. But I suppose this is out of their control, and really something imposed by the record companies?

I don't know if I like all of 'classic' country; at this point I'm favoring more traditional forms of folk music and alternatives to mainstream country. Maybe it has to do with the quality of the recordings, but much of 'classic' coutnry strikes me as being quaint. I should give it more attention though, if I get a chance. More about my listening to country music in another post. As for consuming alternate forms of music, even traditional forms... that is still problematic, but I don't think local community life and culture is going to be restored on a wide scale in the Bay Area any time soon, though there are events here and there. If I have the opportunity to attend some of those, I'll try to write about it.

Too bad you can't havea house party with salon music, Pete Takeshi. I'd like to be there for that.

Country Music On The Decline? « Newscoma
The Decline of Country Radio -- The 9513
NY Times: FOR COUNTRY MUSIC, A NEW SOUND ENDS 5 YEARS' STAGNATION

Academy of Country Music
Country Music Association CMAworld.com

For the Love of Polyphony: COMMENT: The Decline of the Music Business.

I couldn't find a website for the Pontifical Korean College, but there was this news article from 2001: Catholic World News : Korean Pontifical College Opens in Rome.

More on the meaning of Wall-E

Wall-E and Sex

Now, do we want to say Pixar is endorsing a pro-life message, or the complementarity of the sexes (as well as sex being between man and woman)? Or is this a manifestation of how what one might call the "analogy of being" is not readily apparent at once--one can realize truths at one level and yet be ignorant of how they parallel truths at another (or even deny those truths)?

Interview with director Andrew Stanton.

As much as I am a fan of Chesterton, maybe he wasn't critical enough in accepting the idea of a proposition nation being fundamental to American identity and the 'founding.' After all, he visited America after the work of destroying the Constitution had already been in process for quite some time, and who knows where he got this notion from. Would he have had a different opinion of the founding if he had visited the South?

It's a reminder that we shouldn't give writers more authority than they merit.

Chesterton, What Is America?

How would traditional conservatives respond to what Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI have said about the founding? Are they merely relying on what the audience believes about the founding? Or are they passing on a view of the founding that does not have a historical basis, but has been put forth by certain parties seeking to replace a federation with a centralized national state? (I suppose this description applies even to Straussians like Jaffa.)

(We see the central place given to the Declaration of Independence, neglecting all other arguments and statements by the various state legislatures and their representatives, and should begin to realize how problematic this is.)

(At any rate, such statements are proper to (secular) history and consequently infallibility could not apply to them.)

Zenit: Sacred Music That Serves the Word of God (Part 2)

Sacred Music That Serves the Word of God (Part 2)

Father Samuel Weber on Sacred Music Institute

By Annamarie Adkins

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, JULY 6, 2008 (Zenit.org). Although learning Gregorian Chant might imply a little effort from parishioners, the end result is worth it, says the director of the Institute for Sacred Music in St. Louis.

Archbishop Burke, who has since been named to head the Apostolic Signature, the Church's supreme court, appointed Benedictine Father Samuel Weber as the first director of the new institute earlier this year.

Father Weber is a professor in the divinity school of Wake Forest University in North Carolina and also a monk of the St. Meinrad Archabbey in Indiana.

In Part 2 of this interview with ZENIT, Father Weber discusses why he thinks chant is "the song that [God] wants to hear from our lips and our hearts."

Part 1 of this interview appeared Friday.

Q: Why did the Second Vatican Council state that Gregorian chant should be given "pride of place" in the Church's liturgy?

Father Weber: The Second Vatican Council's constitution on the liturgy, "Sacrosanctum Concilium," as well as numerous statements of the Popes and the General Instruction of the Roman Missal [GIRM], teach us that Gregorian chant and sacred polyphony -- that is, sacred music sung in harmony -- such as compositions of Palestrina, are to enjoy "pride of place" in sacred worship.

This means that chant is not only to be in common use in the liturgy, but it is also to provide examples and inspirations for new compositions.

The reason for this is to assure a genuine organic development in the sacred music Catholics experience in worship -- in continuity with the Church's history, and transcending limitations of time and cultures.

Understanding and appreciating this universality in Catholic music for worship might be seen as one facet of the obedience of faith.

We need to remember, of course, that the Council teaches under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. God is telling us both how he wants to be worshiped, and what best serves the religious needs of those gathered for sacred rites.

Before all else, worship is about God. It is the duty of the creature to know, love and serve the Creator, and to render to God the service of prayer, praise and thanksgiving that is his due.

Worship is about us, the creatures, only insofar as we desire with all our hearts to serve God as he tells us he wants to be served.

Historically, Gregorian chant is in direct, organic development with ancient cantilation -- chanting -- patterns of the psalms in temple and synagogue. This was the background and experience of the first Christians. So our chanting today is in direct relationship with theirs.

One can see, then, that when we sing the chant, we are truly "in connection" with our fathers and mothers in the faith.

Jesus, Mary and Joseph heard and sang many of these patterns of sacred chant in synagogue and temple worship. The apostles, the martyrs, the great saints whose witness continues to inspire us today, were all nourished on these traditions of sacred chanting.

Even the saints and blesseds of our own day -- Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, St. Pio of Pietrelcina, St. Gianna Beretta Molla, for example -- all sang, heard and knew the chant and the traditions of sacred music inspired by the chant.

They were formed in this "school of sacred music" that is the chant, and, to borrow a phrase from St. Athanasius, the "gymnasium of spiritual exercises" that is the Psalter -- the Psalms of David.

I think, too, of my grandparents and parents, so many beloved family members, teachers and friends, who have gone before us "marked with the sign of faith."

How they loved the sacred chants, and passed them on to me with piety, devotion and reverence. What an opportunity to participate in the Communion of Saints. What could be richer or more spiritually satisfying?

Gregorian chant serves the word of God. It has no other purpose than to draw us to the sacred text, especially the Psalms, and to enable us to treasure God's word ever more deeply in our hearts.

It is entirely free of anything that is contrary to the faith, free of purely human agendas or experiences that lead us away from God's will and plan for us. To use the language of our computer age: The chant is "safe and secure." No viruses can enter.

Q: Benedict XVI has given a number of speeches discussing the importance of preserving the Church's heritage of sacred music, and a number of documents have been issued by the Holy See calling the universal Church back to that grand tradition, yet little seems to have changed on the ground. Why is there resistance to what should be seen as a form of Vatican II's concept of "ressourcement," that is, return to the sources?

Father Weber: Perhaps it is not so much resistance as a lack of communication and ineffective teaching that stalled things.

Pope Benedict is tireless in his teaching -- even before he became Pope -- for example, "A New Song for the Lord." An accomplished musician himself, he fully understands the power of music on the human heart, thus the central role of music in the liturgy.

Clearly, part of our task is to help "get the word out." I think we can already see many positive results of the recent actions of the Holy See concerning the liturgy.

For one thing, there is a growing interest among Catholic people in reviving their immensely rich heritage of music and art, and a real desire for greater beauty, reverence and solemnity in worship.

But when there is actual resistance? In the end, I believe that this comes down to the perpetual struggle between good and evil. God is constantly giving us all the grace we need to know, love and serve him.

But we are tempted by the devil, and suffer under the effects of original sin, so we sometimes make choices that, sadly, draw us away from God our Creator, and even extinguish the fire of love in our hearts.

It is the duty of all the pastors -- that God in his love has given us -- to call people back to that which will bring us true peace and blessedness. With great wisdom, over the centuries the popes, the Councils, have understood the importance of sacred music, art, architecture and ritual in the spiritual formation of the human person.

As a result, they have never ceased to teach us about the care that must be exercised in cultivating all sacred arts that serve divine worship.

Now it is our job to receive this teaching and implement it in our lives for our spiritual good.

Q: The book "Why Catholics Can't Sing" highlighted the abysmal state of congregational singing present in most American parishes. Why do you think parishes will be able to handle Gregorian chant? Isn't that harder to sing?

Father Weber: The author, Thomas Day, suggested -- among other things -- that people don't sing because the music they often encounter at Mass is not really worth the effort. Silence is one response to music that is inappropriate -- whether from the standpoint of aesthetics or theology.

Another factor is the disappearance of choirs from parishes, since choirs can effectively lead and encourage congregational singing.

It's encouraging to know that many people who are discovering chant for the first time are so strongly attracted by its beauty and solemnity that they want to become a part of its revival.

Speaking from experience, I would agree that Gregorian chant may require a greater discipline, more attention and sacrifice of time and energy in order to "make it happen" in our parishes.

But difficulty is not a real impediment.

In our American society we greatly value sports. I'm a Green Bay Packers fan myself, rabid, actually. I'm really grateful to the Packers for all the hours they spend in practice and preparation for their games. All the sacrifices they make. It's worth it.

The payoff is really something awesome. We, the fans, would settle for no less. Doesn't this same expectation apply to the things of God? It really isn't that hard to understand, is it?

St. Augustine taught the people of Hippo: "Cantare amantis est." Singing is characteristic of a lover. If the supreme love is, as we believe, between Christ, the Bridegroom, and the Church, his Bride -- can any effort be spared to express this love in true beauty? Is any sacrifice too much?

We don't have to guess at the song. This tremendous Lover of ours tells us the song that he wants to hear from our lips and our hearts.

This is our Catholic faith. What more need be said? Let us begin!