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Antonio de la Torre

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Singing to God with Mary

The words of the Blessed Virgin in her Visitation to Elizabeth have inspired the prayer, contemplation and artistic expression of Catholics throughout the centuries. Also among Christians of the Lutheran confession, the words of faith and praise with which Mary addresses God have nourished the spiritual life of many, including Johann Sebastian Bach.

Antonio de la Torre

17 May 2025
Saints Cyril and Athanasius of Alexandria, with Leontius of Rostov.

Saint Athanasius. Fidelity and fortitude

The fourth century was marked by great heresies and crises, but also by great theologians who defended Catholic doctrine, often at the cost of great suffering. One of these great Fathers is St. Athanasius, whom the Church commemorates every May 2.  

Antonio de la Torre

2 May 2025

A small jewelry box for the Virgin Mary

There are compositions that, because of their small dimensions and the high value of the music they contain, can be compared to small jewelry boxes. Marc Antoine Charpentier, French baroque composer, enclosed in his "Litanies" a valuable collection of tiny pearls and musical jewels. A beautiful musical gift to the Virgin Mary, who, in addition to great choral works, has dedicated small marvels such as the one that occupies us in this review.

Antonio de la Torre

8 Mar 2025
Music

A Mass for Hard Times: Haydn's Nelson Mass

Listening to music composed for the ordinary of the Mass by a great composer is always an experience that nourishes faith and aesthetic enjoyment. If the composer is also a sincere Catholic, and the music is extraordinarily appropriate to a particular spiritual and historical situation, listening to the Mass becomes an interesting spiritual and human experience. A good example of this is the "Nelson Mass" by Franz Joseph Haydn.

Antonio de la Torre

30 Jan 2025
Bach

Bach's music for the coming King

In the season of Advent, the hope of the Parousia of Jesus Christ as King and Savior of all peoples merges with the memory of his first coming in the Incarnation. Before this, the believer cultivates the virtue of hope, and tries to make grateful memory, to present to the Savior his petitions and to be ready to open to him the doors of the heart. All this is expressed musically in this cantata.

Antonio de la Torre

26 Dec 2024
Music

When music sows hope in the face of death

Music is not only a source of consolation in the tragic and bitter moments of death. In the case of the great masters, it also brings a new light to come to terms with them. When, moreover, the master is a man of faith, it comforts the listener with the sweet harmony of hope that brings the victory of Christ.

Antonio de la Torre

6 Sep 2024
St. Athanasius

Saint Athanasius. Fidelity and fortitude

The fourth century was marked by great heresies and crises, but also by great theologians who defended Catholic doctrine, often at the cost of great suffering. One of these great Fathers is St. Athanasius, whom the Church commemorates every May 2.

Antonio de la Torre

8 May 2023
parents

The desert monks

The Desert Fathers, the first exponents of monastic life, emerged first in the Christian communities of the East and then in those of the West. This month we will take a look at the Easterners, the initiators of a fruitful tradition that has survived to the present day.

Antonio de la Torre

13 Mar 2023
ireneo

Saint Irenaeus of Lyon. Doctor of unity

Saint Irenaeus of Lyon, doctor of the Church, was born in the East, but developed his pastoral work in the West, dedicating his apostolate to Gauls, Romans and Germans.

Antonio de la Torre

11 Mar 2022