March 23, 2023

“I play the notes as they are written, but it is God who makes the music.”  That’s from Johann Sebastian Bach. I mean, have you listened to the Brandenburg Concertos recently?

Why would God make music? Because He delights in beauty and he delights in us. “The Lord your God …will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing.” (Zephaniah 3:17)

“O God, whom saints and angels delight to worship in heaven: Be ever present with your servants who seek through art and music to perfect the praises offered by your people on earth; and grant to them even now glimpses of your beauty,and make them worthy at length to behold it unveiled for evermore; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.”  (For Church Musicians and Artists – BCP)