TO the Trinity be praise!
God is music, God is life
that nurtures every creature in its kind.
Our God is the song of the angel throng
and the splendor of secret ways
hid from all humankind,
But God our life is the life of all.
Hildegard of Bingen
Twelfth century
YOU take the pen,
and the lines dance.
You take the flute,
and the notes shimmer....
You take the brush,
and the colours sing.
So all things have meaning and beauty
in that space beyond time where you are.
How, then, can I hold back anything from you?
Dag Hammerskjöld
Image courtesy of ChatGPT with CN Whittle "The Three Monks"
MUSIC is sweet from the thrush's throat!
Oh little thrush
With the holy note,
Like a footstep of God in a sick-room's hush
My soul you crush.
Unstopped organ, from earth you break,
To knock at the skies,
And I can but shake
My fragile fetters, and with you rise
Into Paradise.
But Love, your music requires not wings.
To the common breed
It clings, and sings:
"Heaven on earth is Heaven indeed.
This is my creed." E.E. Cummings
Image courtesy of ChatGPT with CN Whittle, "Song thrush in bloom with sunlight"
Happy Easter to all readers.
May blessings be with you and your loved ones
at this time of peace, joy and goodwill.
A candle has been lit in
remembrance of all.
SO THE BUILDERS built the Temple of the Lord. And the priests stood arrayed in their vestments, with musical instruments and trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, praising the Lord and blessing Him, according to the directions of King David of Israel; they sang hymns, giving thanks to the Lord, "For His Goodness and His Glory are forever upon all Israel."
And all the people sounded trumpets and shouted with a great shout, praising the Lord for the building of the House of the Lord. Some of the Levitical priests and heads of ancestral houses, old men who had seen the former house, came to the building of this one with outcries and loud weeping, while many came with trumpets and a joyful noise, so that the people could not hear the trumpets because of the weeping of the people.
Esdras 5:58-65
Image "Trumpeters" with Chatgpt and CN Whittle
Sowetan: "How has your faith shaped your music ministry and your journey as a leader?"
Gospel artist Kgethang Konese: "Growing up in the Roman Catholic Church laid a strong spiritual and musical foundation for me. Music was never about performance but was an act of prayer and reverence. Leading in music ministry taught me humility, intentionality and the importance of centering God in everything I do by guiding people into encounters with Him rather than just being at the forefront."
With thanks to Sowetan, page 7, Thursday, 2 April 2026
Image "Worship in the warmth of light" by Chatgpt with CN Whittle
ONE cannot find anything more religious and more joyful in sacred celebrations than a whole congregation expressing its faith and devotion in song. Therefore the active participation of the whole people, which is shown in singing, is to be carefully promoted.
Musicam Sacram, Instruction on Music in the Liturgy, no. 16
With thanks to vatican.va
Image with thanks to Freepik AI generated content by CN Whittle
TO the Trinity be praise! God is music, God is life that nurtures every creature in its kind. Our God is the song of the angel throng...
