Out of the depths I cry to You, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice. Let Your ears be attentive to my voice in supplication.

The Crucifixus comes from the Credo of the Mass. Bach's setting dates to 1714.

Be my rock of refuge, God, a stronghold to give me safety. You are my rock and my fortress; for Your name’s sake You will lead and guide me.

There is a certain attractiveness to the mystery of God. It suggests a depth of being that no man's mind can reach.

St. Matthew’s Gospel tells us that 2,000 years ago Christ built one Church and He built it on St. Peter the Rock.

There are three kinds of persons who come and volunteer to Christ. Of what is your heart made? How well we will serve the Lord?

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.

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.

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."

The late Renaissance composer, Lassus, represents the mature polyphonic style of the Franco-Flemish school. His prayerful music calms souls.

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.

In Psalm 43, the soul cries out to the Lord: "Awake! Why are You asleep, O Lord? Arise! Cast us not off forever!"

William Byrd presents a stunning setting of the first verse of the penitential Psalm 50 (Miserere mei Deus). It stills the soul to prayer.

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,

The "Beautiful Lady" at Lourdes met Bernadette Soubirous, in a series of 18 events, and said: “Que soy era Immaculada Councepciou.”

Learn the miraculous story of the Virgin Mother's apparitions to St. Catherine Labouré, and of the Miraculous Medal we have receiv.

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.

The Song of Bernadette tells the miraculous story of the Virgin Mary's appearances to St. Bernadette at Lourdes.

Satan daily attacks God’s Kingdom through infiltration, by planting imitators in the Church. Tares are sown among the wheat till harvest.

The old man in the Temple, Simeon, holds the infant Lord in his arms. He embraces the Christ Child in his arms.