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Stabat Mater Dolorosa

Few hymns draw us into the mystery of Our Lady of Sorrows as powerfully as the Stabat Mater Dolorosa.


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The Calling of Saint Matthew

Caravaggio’s The Calling of St. Matthew hangs in the Contarelli chapel in Rome alongside two other scenes from the saint’s life.


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Flow

In an era when many films feel driven by overt messages, Flow stands apart.


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Time to Walk

Tirienne Leonard is a longtime parishioner of Christ the King in Ann Arbor, is a poet and creative.


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Sicut Cervus

Palestrina’s Sicut Cervus sets Psalm 42 with smooth, interweaving lines that rise and fall like breath itself.


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Tea with Dymphna

St. Dymphna is a martyr who is the patron saint of people suffering from mental illness as well as mental health professionals.


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Regina caeli

Written in the late Renaissance, the piece unfolds in gentle waves of sound, as voices answer one another and unite in luminous harmony.


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Confessing

I till the ground of my soul with worn hands.Little turns up save t...


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