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The Musical Shape of the Liturgy - Jeffrey A. Tucker, The New Liturgical Movement

Church’s Role in “Preserving and Fostering” Sacred Music - Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted, The Catholic Sun

What is an “Attachment”? What are “Disordered” Attachments? - Fr. John Bartunek, Catholic Spiritual Direction

Cosmic Onions? How Still Lifes Point to the Liturgy - David Clayton, Crisis Magazine

St. Wulfstan in Stained Glass - John Whitehead, Once I Was A Clever Boy

A Checklist of Popular Devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary - Dr. Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

Were Peter, Andrew Called Before or After Arrest of John the Baptist - Fr. Ryan Erlenbush, New Theological Movement

Gingrich Assails Elites Over Anti-Religious Bigotry - Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

Obama Forces Religious Groups to Cover Free Contraception, Sterilization - John Barnes, Catholic Vote

Ask Thugfang: Vocations - Ryan Kraeger, Ignitum Today

Cardinal-Designate Dolan Criticizes Obama’s Decision - Carl Olson, Ignatius Insight Scoop

Literally Unconscionable - Marge Fenelon, Catholic Lane

“Catholics for Sebelius,” Indeed - Robert George, Mirror of Justice

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Miniature from a 13th-century Passio Sancti Georgii (Verona).

St. George: A Saint to Slay Today's Dragons

COMMENTARY: Even though we don’t know what the historical George was really like, what we are left with nevertheless teaches us that divine grace can make us saints and that heroes are very much not dead or a thing of history.