Fr. George W. Rutler
The biographies of classical composers could give the impression that
irregular behavior has been almost a necessary attribute of great
talent. A particularly rank example is the uniquely inventive
Renaissance composer of sacred music and madrigals, Carlo Gesualdo,
Prince of Venosa, who murdered his wife and her lover, mutilated their
corpses and exposed them naked […]
Sean Fitzpatrick
When my friend’s little brother died, his family performed rites that
are rare nowadays. They brought the body of their boy back home. They
dressed him and laid him out for a wake in their dining room. They built
his coffin and carved his headstone. They dug his grave and buried him
with their own […]
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