Sacred Music

“Music is among the many and great gifts of nature with which God, in Whom is the harmony of the most perfect concord and the most perfect order, has enriched men, whom He has created in His image and likeness.  Together with the other liberal arts, music contributes to spiritual joy and the delight of the soul.  On this subject Saint Augustine has accurately written: “Music, that is the science or the sense of proper modulation, is likewise given by God’s generosity to mortals having rational souls in order to lead them to higher things.” – Pope Pius XII