Column, Diana Silva, Read
The myth goes that Nero played the fiddle while Rome burned. In reality, the fiddle as we know it hadn’t been invented. Fiddle while Rome burns, has come to mean neglecting one’s duties while instead doing something frivolous. In fact, the word “fiddling” has...
Column, Diana Silva, Read
We should meet people where they are is one of the most common reasons given for the secular-sounding popular music we hear at Mass. You can’t feed a baby steak, is a reason given to provide children’s Masses with music that is modeled on pre-school television...
Column, Diana Silva, Read
TURIN, ITALY – MARCH 15, 2017: The symbolic fresco of The adoration of Holys in front of Eucharist in church Chiesa di San Dalmazzo by Enrico Reffo (1831-1917). As Covid restrictions lifted, and as bishops revoked the dispensation to attend Mass in person, who...
Column, Diana Silva, Read
I am sitting on the stage in the first row of a large symphony chorus. The orchestra is in front of me, warming up. Everyone is playing individual passages and scales all at once. Beyond that, there’s a vast audience. There’s a low rumble as people speak...
