We have replaced liturgy and
sacred music with slick video productions and user - friendly messages.
Not exact matches
There are many, many schools which prohibit any and all
music with a religious text from their curricula and prohibit teachers from programming such
music for concerts no matter how balanced the program may be (that is, it encompasses secular and
sacred, accompanied and unaccompanied, difficult and easy,
music in a variety of styles and from a variety of musical eras.
«Pastoral
music,» in contrast to «
sacred music,» is focused on helping the whole congregation express its worship
with the fullest involvement.
Catholic art, along
with the rich tradition of
sacred music, continues to speak to people of differing cultural and religious backgrounds.
It doesn't take that much more time to sing all six verses of «For All the Saints» or all four verses of «Crown Him
with Many Crowns»; cutting such great texts by two - thirds or one - half inevitably sends the signal that
music in the liturgy is filler» and there is no room for filler in the
sacred liturgy.
Where it holds its own is in the
sacred liturgy, exactly because it can not be confused
with music of other styles.
And to help mitigate the learning curve associated
with the various traditions of Orthodox
sacred music, many websites offer video, audio, and print resources for overworked liturgists.
But I have never gotten into Gospel
Music — that may be enough for you to exclude me from being an «insider» in your
sacred world, but I doubt it excludes me from the deeper world of the heart reaching out
with song and dance shared by all humanity — religious and non-religious.
As much as I am outside of my comfort zone here (I do not attend church - nor plan on doing so ever again, I have plenty of non-christian friends but not one Christian friend in my current city, I DJ at a bar, I run a radio that plays secular
music (yet everything is
sacred), I work a regular day job, I struggle
with financial hardship and responsibilities I never asked for..., I sometimes have fear of the future and many times my faith dwindles... Some days I cry because I support my family and I feel just really tired...) despite all this fractured humanity that I am....
I light candles, burn sage and incense, and listen to the special bath playlist I created
with soothing beats, earth sounds, and
sacred sound currents by the talented Aya and Tyler, White Sun, DTO
Music, Aykanna, and Mirabai Ceiba.
They create a
sacred, safe, protected and peaceful space
with their energy, candles, aromatherapy and
music.
Communing
with nature, experiencing
sacred spaces, listening to beautiful
music, letting go of effort and hard work, entering flow, and taking time to become interested in your inner world will support the process of aligning all parts of you
with the calling of your soul.
With a title taken from an American Indian word for «life out of balance,» Godfrey Reggio's wordless documentary lured dreamers into the
sacred cave of cinema, where they ingested the serial
music of Philip Glass and the time - lapse imagery of cinematographer Ron Fricke.
It's certainly the case
with a lot of
sacred texts and
music.
With influences including Béla Bartók, Igor Stravinsky, John Coltrane, African drumming, Balinese Gamelan and Hebrew
sacred music, Reich's
music has been a major inspiration for subsequent generations of musicians such as Brian Eno, Bang On a Can and Sunn0)-RRB--RRB-.
His performances involve crucifixions, dance,
music and other visually violent actions, together
with the use of animal carcasses and entrails, in the attempt to create a tragic and
sacred - like Gesamtkunstwerk «total artwork»: the Orgien Mysterien Theater (or Aktion).
THE HIRSHHORN MUSEUM was infused
with sacred, soulful
music on Friday evening.
Ontario, Canada About Blog Melissa is a Canadian, polytheistic / animistic witch, interested in shamanism and pre-christian spiritual practices, journeying to other worlds,
sacred crafting, fairy tales, mythology, spell - songs and
music writing, working
with her Gods and Ancestors, gardening and interacting
with the local wights, weaving magick and enchantment into the «mundane».
This year I'm blessed to be singing
with a wonderful local choir and I can not wait to sing our programme of
sacred and secular Christmas choral
music this weekend!