Christmas Treasures
I saw a funny meme online the other day: “If you get something you don’t like for Christmas, just say, ‘Oh, I’ll treasure this forever,’ and then be like a pirate and bury it somewhere.” I then recalled how the Church, in the documents of Vatican II, called its...
The Chanted Word: Christmas Mass during the Night 2021
In many Western Christian traditions Midnight Mass is the first liturgy of Christmastide that is celebrated on the night of Christmas Eve, traditionally beginning at midnight when Christmas Eve gives way to Christmas Day. This popular Christmas custom is a jubilant...
FEAR NOT with Christopher Hodkinson
ChantWorks presents Fear Not. Host Linda Hoffman speaks with Christopher Hodkinson, Director of Music for Wyoming Catholic College. Transcript: Fear Not interview. Linda Hoffman with Christopher Hodkinson of director of music, at Wyoming Catholic College,...
A Meditation on Three Christmas Songs
Away in a Manger In Luke’s gospel, the angel appears to the shepherds and announces that a Savior has been born, and that they will find him wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in a manger. Why did the angel appear to the shepherds, and why did he bother to mention...
FEAR NOT with Tanner Kalina
ChantWorks presents Fear Not. Host Linda Hoffman speaks with Tanner Kalina, FOCUS missionary. Transcript: FEAR NOT interview. Linda Hoffman with Tanner Kalina, of FOCUS recorded October 21, 2021 (music) Linda Hoffman: In just the last decade, the portion of the...
The Chanted Word: Feast of Christ the King
It’s OK to Be a Liturgy Nerd
There is hardly anything quite as exciting as reading liturgical instructions. Some might think that attention to liturgical details is of no concern to ordinary Catholics. This apparent pickiness might even be an impediment to faith, recalling Jesus’ stern criticism...
FEAR NOT with Rexphil Rallanka
ChantWorks presents Fear Not. Host Linda Hoffman speaks with Rexphil Rallanka, Director of Music, Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. Transcript: FEAR NOT interview. Linda Hoffman with Rexphil Rallanka, recorded October 21, 2021 (music, intro) Linda Hoffman: If...