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Saturday, October 15, 2005

Gregorian Chant

Imagine, if you will, that through the agency of some miracle you are whisked away to another time and place. You find yourself in the Middle Ages, the Age of Faith and Miracles! The exact location is of no great concern for this is an, as yet, undivided Christendom, the entire continent of Europe professing one belief and worship. What harm is there in further imagining that it is a Sunday afternoon.

Finding yourself so suddenly transported you might think it prudent to visit church. Miracles, after all, can be unsettling. You would be just in time for Vespers joining with your brothers and sisters in sanctifying the day and all that has happened in it. The music gently rolls about the church filling every space and equally gently touches your soul. It is oddly fulfilling and uplifting yet so ethereal. The music, so haunting, almost makes you reluctant to return to your own time.
Return you do and by coincidence or miracle it is Sunday in the 21st century! What better way to give thanks for your safe return than to attend Mass. What is it that you hear during the 9 a.m. Mass at St. Thomas Aquinas Church? Is it possible that some of that strange haunting music has traveled the 1,000 years with you? Another miracle…….

Every Sunday at our 9 a.m. Mass experience Gregorian Chant -- the Universal Music of our Universal Church!!

Watch out for our Gregorian Chant Apologia -- coming soon!!

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