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At the Colloquium last week, one of the priests mentioned the relationship between sacred music and worship in his homily. He said something which was quite interesting, that I’ll attempt to paraphrase as best I can: “Our music is the tabernacle, the means of delivery of the Word to the faithful.” This is a fascinating idea, that the [...]  Colorado's state flower Summer is my time to reflect and renew my commitments for the coming year. I talked about this some last June, when I was struggling with whether our schola would achieve critical mass. Looking back on the progress, we now have grown to a dozen loyal and talented members, now including women as well as men. We really are quite blessed. Despite challenges and frustrations, it’s wonderful to be bringing this traditional music back to our parish.
Pruning is good, and it’s healthy.
Sung entirely in Russian, it was an amazing experience! And more unexpected – a capella!
It was a truly fantastic evening, in so many ways. 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?
What to do? My colleague Tony made this observation in a discussion last week:
It really struck me as an important concept, one that I need to constantly remember on my journey of life.
There’s so many problems, so many things to be fixed. We live in fear of what is and what’s to come. And meanwhile, we spend our lives constantly focusing on the future. Here’s the deal: Your presence is in the present. And if you can’t enjoy and appreciate what God has given you in the present, you will reside in constant misery.
Daunting is a relatively weak word for what it feels like. |
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2010 Colloquium
