The moving testimony of a young Indian man and religious seminarians publish KATHOLISCHES.INFO a few days ago: arise from Brahman house fascinated the young Hindu [Gaurav Shroff, note] the beauty of church music with which he arrived at the St. Xavier School in Mumbai in touch. On 15 August, the Feast of the Assumption on which is in India and the independence of the country thought he felt during the Holy Mass, which he calls "the near certainty of God was present. The Gregorian chant rose in my mind and let me create a wonder of the glory of the saints. " It was a rather logical result was that it led the aesthetic beauty to that of the Eucharistic beauty says Gaurav.Thus began the 18-year-old from the upper caste, classical music, studied the private study of church history, first "talk to" on everything that had "inspired great works for the glory of God the great musicians and composers to her and what led her, "her art in the service of the liturgy challenge".
found on this search, the young man then his true calling. In 2006 he became a novice in the Paulista order, one American community. He currently lives in the seminary of the Diocese of Atlanta, and - "God willing" - received 2013 ordination. has
In fact, the Encounter with the Gregorian chant repeatedly shown as a rich field of vocation: I know many priests, but also religious and church musicians who have found through contact with the chorale as a profession.
My former Gregorianikdozent, who came from Münsterland, recalled fond memories of the fairs of his childhood, where a Benedictine monk in the chancel "with wide sweeping motions and waving Habit" led the congregation in hymn singing. When I took over
himself at age 15 for the first time in my home church the organ service, I had the pleasure of the weekday shows two retired clergy with experience: the one priest of my home diocese, and despite its more than ninety years of life with remarkable agility, the other a displaced after the war, priest of the diocese of Warmia, it is also do not read during the week to preach eloquent and faithful. Two it was obvious that a priest celebrated Mass every day. Both wanted a Gregorian Ordinary regularly. So I followed as best I could at that time, at the organ, while the respective celebrant powerful voice to sing the songs.
Never again have I experienced such intense and "tight" working day fairs. It pains me to see today, as more and more weekday shows are abolished (despite a sufficient number of priests on site), the few believers must contact the Liturgy of the Word in a circle around the altar, there obviously feel uncomfortable - and more bad than good by whining "New Spiritual Songs". The church attendance is steadily declining, a celebratory mood comes to no more, will take place on church built on a group experience.
Even a friend who is not socialized church testified to me his astonishment the other day about "this nonsense". Why, he asked, not familiar with your church to what it has always done? I had embarrassed to admit that one of the few questions that I know of no answer. And that it is one of the few points on which our church I do not even understand.
The collapse of the worship life is no longer overlooked. Let the great Church music thrilled large audiences in concert, while the Sunday morning maltreat with recorder groups and young bands have to play at a level where they would be as a school band elsewhere booed mercilessly.
The faithful withdraw resigned and fled into the fairs in the surrounding area.
Nevertheless, the leaders never tire of rave about the "new springtime" that has brought the "spirit of the Council" ...
that no appeal is possible in this environment training more is noted, apparently no one. Not even all prayer is not to priestly vocations. Where we do not prepare the ground, can not sow the Lord.
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