{"id":603,"date":"2014-10-06T03:00:07","date_gmt":"2014-10-06T07:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/gregorian-chant-the-eternal-song-19\/"},"modified":"2014-10-06T03:00:07","modified_gmt":"2014-10-06T07:00:07","slug":"gregorian-chant-the-eternal-song-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/gregorian-chant-the-eternal-song-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Gregorian Chant: The Eternal Song"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Cantor\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

On my mind<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

At Lauds this morning, I found myself quite distracted. The more I chanted, the more distracted I became. By the time we arrived at the final psalm — the Praise Psalm<\/em>\u00a0– I was in no mood to praise anyone or anything, let alone the Lord who I knew was hearing every word going through my head!<\/p>\n

Then something happened. We were a few verses into the psalm when I realized I was being swept along with it. The psalm and the chant had simply moved in and taken over my thoughts.. I was not overwhelmed by any large emotion, no “lightning bolt,” but rather a “still, small Voice” which was making itself heard through the chant.\u00a0 That moment left me more able to ask God what was upsetting me, and for me to hear His answer. I am so grateful that He used the chant that way — to let me know what was really on my mind!<\/p>\n

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Credit:Chants from a choirbook from Florence – Victoria and Albert Museum www.vam.ac.uk<\/a>1000\u00a0\u00d7\u00a01500<\/a><\/p>\n

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