Fr. Scott Haynes
Preparing the Soil of the Heart
Let us feed upon God’s Word, the Church’s teachings, and the Saving Mysteries of the Altar that we might prepare the soil of our hearts.
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Fr. Scott Haynes
Feb 17, 20221 min read
A Flute's Song in the Night
A boy trapped in a war zone takes a rifle barrel and transforms it into a flute. By the beauty of his music, the light of Christ enters in.
Fr. Scott Haynes
Feb 13, 20223 min read
In Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Canticles
St. Paul presents for us today the importance of the singing of sacred music in church. He exhorts us to do this in the “name of Jesus."
Fr. Scott Haynes
Feb 13, 20221 min read
Adoramus Te, Christe, Orlande de Lassus
The late Renaissance composer, Lassus, represents the mature polyphonic style of the Franco-Flemish school. His prayerful music calms souls.
Fr. Scott Haynes
Feb 13, 20221 min read
Timor et Tremor, Francis Poulenc
Poulenc wrote Timor et tremor in Noizay (1939) for Monsieur l'Abbé Maillet. It was sung in Paris, by Les Petits Chanteurs at Holy Week 1939.
Fr. Scott Haynes
Feb 13, 20221 min read
Exsúrge, quare obdórmis, Dómine?
In Psalm 43, the soul cries out to the Lord: "Awake! Why are You asleep, O Lord? Arise! Cast us not off forever!"
Fr. Scott Haynes
Feb 13, 20221 min read
Miserere mei Deus, William Byrd
William Byrd presents a stunning setting of the first verse of the penitential Psalm 50 (Miserere mei Deus). It stills the soul to prayer.
Fr. Scott Haynes
Feb 11, 20224 min read
The Eleventh Hour
Some workers worked from dawn, others since noon, and still others from mid-afternoon. Some started at the 11th hour and got the same pay,
Fr. Scott Haynes
Feb 11, 20222 min read
Mary's Message at Lourdes: "I am the Immaculate Conception"
The "Beautiful Lady" at Lourdes met Bernadette Soubirous, in a series of 18 events, and said: “Que soy era Immaculada Councepciou.”
Fr. Scott Haynes
Feb 10, 20224 min read
Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal
Learn the miraculous story of the Virgin Mother's apparitions to St. Catherine Labouré, and of the Miraculous Medal we have receiv.
Fr. Scott Haynes
Feb 10, 20224 min read
A Glimpse of Heaven in the Midst of War
The poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko gives us a glimpse of a sudden experience of the kingdom of heaven — in Stalin's Russia, in the midst of war.
Fr. Scott Haynes
Feb 6, 20220 min read
Song of Bernadette
The Song of Bernadette tells the miraculous story of the Virgin Mary's appearances to St. Bernadette at Lourdes.
Fr. Scott Haynes
Feb 6, 20228 min read
Wheat and Tares Together Sown
Satan daily attacks God’s Kingdom through infiltration, by planting imitators in the Church. Tares are sown among the wheat till harvest.
Fr. Scott Haynes
Feb 2, 20224 min read
An Offering of Turtledoves
The old man in the Temple, Simeon, holds the infant Lord in his arms. He embraces the Christ Child in his arms.
Fr. Scott Haynes
Jan 30, 20221 min read
Gustav Holst: Nunc dimittis
The Ensemble, Voces 8, gives a stirring performance of the Gustav Holst setting of the Canticle of Simeon.
Fr. Scott Haynes
Jan 30, 20221 min read
Nunc Dimittis by Charles Stanford
Simeon was priest in the Jerusalem Temple who had been promised by the Holy Spirit that he would not die until he had seen the Messiah.
Fr. Scott Haynes
Jan 30, 20221 min read
Canticle of Simeon, Nikolai Karetnikov
The Chamber Choir of St. Petersburg sings Simeon's Canticle in moving Russian setting by Nikolai Karat the Loccum Monastery.
Fr. Scott Haynes
Jan 29, 20221 min read
God's Composer, Tomás Luis Victoria
Tomás Luis Victoria is one of the most important composers in the Church's history. He was a priest, a musician, and a mystic.
Fr. Scott Haynes
Jan 29, 20221 min read
Adoráte Deum
On the Fourth Sunday after Epiphany the Introit of Mass is Adoráte Deum. The text is from Ps 96:7-8, 1.
Fr. Scott Haynes
Jan 29, 20224 min read
Christ Rebukes the Storm
In this meditation, Fr. Scott Haynes explains the spiritual lessons we can learn from the way Christ calms the storm and allays fear.
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