Guardians of the Sacred Treasure: Using Music to Defend and Preach the Faith
In speaking to the crowds during His Sermon on the Mount, Jesus instructs us, “For where your treasure us, there your heart will be also.” (Mt 6:21) In the Vatican II document Sacrosanctum Concilium we find these words: “The musical tradition of the Universal Church is a treasure of inestimable value, greater even than that of any other art.” This is so because music, an integral part of the Catholic Liturgy, has always fulfilled a dual purpose - it is both formative and expressive. In other words, we sing what we believe and we believe what we sing.