It’s only natural
that the children of a loving Father should try to please and honor him. And so
for the past two thousand years, Christians have put untold effort, ingenuity
and love into creating a magnificent store of inspiring art of all sorts to
glorify God, including a treasury of sacred music unmatched for its depth,
breadth, and sheer beauty.
Sometimes it
seems we’re throwing it all away. All
too often, it seems, we keep the best china and good silver locked away and
receive the Lord of Creation with the equivalent of paper plates and plastic forks
at the Wedding Feast of the Lamb.
It doesn’t need
to be that way. We all can and should
advocate for liturgical music worthy of Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. And if it’s any comfort, long after nobody
remembers that there was any such thing as “Anthem” or “Lord of the Dance”, Alessandro Scarlatti’s “Exsultate Domine” will still be there, and still sound like music fit
for The King.
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