What happens on the altar…

All over the world, Mass is celebrated daily in our Catholic churches.  The focal points are the altar and the tabernacle.  Here is what one of our great saints, the Patron Saint of all Priests, has to say about the altar: “This altar is like the womb of Mary where a...

The Angelus

The Angelus is a prayer that captures the essence of Salvation History in a few sentences.  When the angel Gabriel greeted Mary with his message from God, he said, “Hail, Full of Grace”!  In other words, Almighty God was the first to say, “Hail...

My Story … briefly

I wrote my first song after my first piano lesson as a 7 year old.  It was a cute little ditty on the black keys only.  Somehow, I could hear songs in my head – even though they were not yet written.   I would pick them out on the keyboard and scribble down the music,...

Why “Angelus Music”?

What is the meaning of Angelus Music? One day, about 2000 years ago, the Almighty Creator of the Universe (all that is visible and invisible) decided to become one of us, human!  He Descended from Heaven to Earth were he was Born of the Virgin, Established a Church,...

Is The Church a Den of Thieves?

The Gospel of St. Mark tells us when Jesus arrived in Jerusalem the crowds greeted him with an enthusiastic, “Hosanna!”, for they considered Jesus to be a great prophet.  Jesus received a hero’s welcome!  That happened on what we now call Palm Sunday.  It did not take...