Shooting Craps: Church Aesthetics and Spiritual Formation
Earlier this week, Tim opined on his experience of “rolling the dice” with regard to attending Mass. Bridget responded. I figured I’d take swing at giving my own thoughts, though it’s more aimed at Bridget’s response than Tim’s original post. Before I jump into this, I would like to refer you to a piece by The American Catholic regarding Canon 518,...
read moreHearing God in the liturgy
The Pope’s Jan. 27th Angelus address reminds us why Sunday rest, and the liturgy celebrated thereon, is so important: “Before we can speak of God and with God, we need to listen, and the liturgy of the Church is the ‘school’ of this listening to the Lord who speaks to us.” Most admonitions about keeping Sunday holy fall along the lines of “In our scattered and distracted...
read moreThe Liturgy and Us
Call me late to the party, but I came across the Pope’s Wednesday General Audience on October 3rd, and was struck by a few things: [W]hat place in my relationship with God does liturgical prayer, especially Holy Mass occupy, as participation in the common prayer of the Body of Christ which is the Church? It’s easy to think of prayer as an individual initiative without much bearing on...
read moreAnother Bible Translation?
What would you like to see in a new translation of the New Testament?
read moreCrux Fidelis – Veneration of the Cross
Truth & Charity contributors Matt and Andrew Sciba sing in the St. John Berchmans Cathedral schola on Good Friday, 2012
read moreAbout the Author
Matt Sciba is the courageous husband of Mikki and extraordinarily proud father to Mary and Luke. His Catholic faith, and brother Drew, led him to Benedictine College where he majored in Political Science. Since 2008, Matt has worked as a private contractor. Matt’s interests include writing, marksmanship, and singing in the choir and Schola Cantorum at the Cathedral of St. John Berchmans.
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