Music Summer School, St. Patrick's College, Maynooth
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Knockadoon Music and Liturgy Course - August 14th - 21st 2010
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Extract from ‘The Ministry of Music’ by Austin Flemming
Be ambitious for the higher gifts,
but not beyond your gifts;
respect the range of talent
the Lord has given you and your community.
Think first of the assembly’s song,
for this is the song you serve.
Let the service of your music
complement but never overshadow
the people’s ritual prayer.
Let your ‘performance’ become a prayer
and your art a gift.
When the assembly will not sing,
be patient with them and with yourselves;
the Lord’s song is sometimes a quiet one
and silence precedes every hymn.
Waste no time wondering,
‘do you think they liked it?’,
but ask at all times,
‘did it help them and all of us to pray?’.
When your ministry has led you to music,
it has led you astray.
When your ministry leads you to the Lord,
it has brought you home.
When people thank and praise you for your work,
delight in the song their prayer has become,
and rejoice in the work
the Lord is accomplishing through you.
Be faithful in the work you do,
through it, the Lord saves his people.
As music is a part of life and celebration, so the use of music and song is an integral part of how we give praise to God in our liturgical celebrations. Music is not an ornament on a liturgy, but is woven into the whole of the celebration.
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Diocesan Guidelines and suggested services for various occasions
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