Remember why we do this!

One of my other roles at church is to help out with our parish’s RCIA program.  Yesterday, despite a somewhat tenuous weather situation, we all traipsed down to the Cathedral in Denver for one of the Rite of Election services with the Archbishop.  As always, he was a wonderful Shepherd for his flock, helping our RCIA Candidates and Catechumens to realize the magnitude of their life-altering decisions.

What does this have to do with Sacred Music?

Well, it’s really all part of the same tapestry of religious life.  We spend lots of energy on instruments, techniques, musicality, and so on.  Fine.

But in the end, the point is to help bring souls to God.  This is the most important thing I can be doing with my life.

I have to remember that the rest of it all really is just ways to achieve that.  So let’s not confuse the fifteen interpretations of the ictus with the Truly Important Work.  Which is whether we are able to help people find God.

Stepping back and taking this perspective helps me, at least.  It also helps me to remember that I’m not really in the driver’s seat.  This is about service for God.