Hi Joel, Fr Matt here. I have wanted to work on creating a new sound in worship based on a more historic theological foundation. We are getting ready to purchase property and one of the things we want to do is start a School of Liturgical Music. It would look something like this:
A School of Liturgical Music where the principles of sound and spiritual resonance are brought together. A place where we will examine and study the use of sound as it affects the soul and leads it toward God, toward spiritual warfare, toward virtue. We will examine how different sorts of music excite the passive (seat of the passions) part of the human person and can lead the soul in both good and bad directions. Music will be presented for the purpose of spiritual listening and examination looking for musical themes borrowed from various styles of music and how they can be integrated to lift the Nous (intellect, seat of the passions, heart) to God. Care will be taken to enable liturgical musicians to identify sounds and rhythms that affect different parts of the person being careful not to overexcite the passions, but rather turning them towards God while also integrating sounds that excite the heart, turning that to God. We will then work on creating liturgical music that is both old and new, traditional and modern. This liturgical music will be integrated into the entire Eucharistic worship service. Goals will include putting the liturgy itself to music so that it can be sung as well as creating praise music that is transcendent, emotive, contemplative, melodious, rhythmic and truly spiritual.”
Hi There. I am part of the worship team for the CEC in Canada and I was wondering if you know of a reliable source to obtain recordings for the songs we are singing each Sunday. We need a reliable source of CEC music so that we can play them back for the choir during choir practice. Any assistance you can provide in this area would be a blessing for us.
May 16th, 2008 at 4:31 PM
Hey, Joel–
Looking for the lyrics to your “Gloria.”
Thanks,
Kenneth+
June 23rd, 2008 at 10:05 PM
Hi Joel!
Do you still go to Mac Donalds for lunch?
June 23rd, 2008 at 11:01 PM
hey marge. I have done that before. not much any more though…who are you?
August 7th, 2008 at 8:44 PM
Hi Joel, Fr Matt here. I have wanted to work on creating a new sound in worship based on a more historic theological foundation. We are getting ready to purchase property and one of the things we want to do is start a School of Liturgical Music. It would look something like this:
A School of Liturgical Music where the principles of sound and spiritual resonance are brought together. A place where we will examine and study the use of sound as it affects the soul and leads it toward God, toward spiritual warfare, toward virtue. We will examine how different sorts of music excite the passive (seat of the passions) part of the human person and can lead the soul in both good and bad directions. Music will be presented for the purpose of spiritual listening and examination looking for musical themes borrowed from various styles of music and how they can be integrated to lift the Nous (intellect, seat of the passions, heart) to God. Care will be taken to enable liturgical musicians to identify sounds and rhythms that affect different parts of the person being careful not to overexcite the passions, but rather turning them towards God while also integrating sounds that excite the heart, turning that to God. We will then work on creating liturgical music that is both old and new, traditional and modern. This liturgical music will be integrated into the entire Eucharistic worship service. Goals will include putting the liturgy itself to music so that it can be sung as well as creating praise music that is transcendent, emotive, contemplative, melodious, rhythmic and truly spiritual.”
Whatdya think?
January 2nd, 2009 at 1:09 PM
Hi There. I am part of the worship team for the CEC in Canada and I was wondering if you know of a reliable source to obtain recordings for the songs we are singing each Sunday. We need a reliable source of CEC music so that we can play them back for the choir during choir practice. Any assistance you can provide in this area would be a blessing for us.
Thank you and God Bless,
William Roberts