I love singing in my church choir. While my busy schedule sometimes make me hesitant to give up the couple of hours every Wednesday to practice, I tend to feel out-of-joint if I don't go.
I know that part of my love for singing in my choir is the people who are there. We have a great group of people in our choir. I admire and respect them. Most of them are older than I am. In fact, with the exception of the high school student in our midst, I am the youngest member. The youngest member of the tenor section is in his early 70s, with the other three members all over 80. I can only hope that I will have the same vitality that they have when I reach their age.
Part of my enjoyment is the church itself. It is a beautiful building, and being a part of the choir means that we get one of the best views. While I have not always been attentive at church, I have always felt at peace in it.
Another part of my love for the choir is my love of music. Pythagoras, from whom we got the Pythagorean theorem, had a cult that followed his teachings for hundreds of years. They weren't obsessed with finding the hypotenuse, but they loved his teaching about music. You see, he looked at the stars and noted that they followed mathematical principles. He also knew that music and mathematics are interrelated. Thus, the heavens play out a celestial song, one which he and his followers tried to figure out. I feel like that with music, that music brings us closer to the heavenly choirs and into harmony with our universe.
I suppose, most importantly, I simply love to sing. I have been told that I have a good voice, and I like impressing people. It makes me happy and it makes other people happy, which makes me even happier.
It was St. Augustine who said that the person "who sings, prays twice." Father Jim said that God gave you the voice that you have, thus you should always sing out and either praise Him with it or punish Him for it. I think that he also said, "If you can't sing good, sing loud." Music is, for me, further proof of our interconnection with one another and every part of our existence. It is proof of God.
I know that part of my love for singing in my choir is the people who are there. We have a great group of people in our choir. I admire and respect them. Most of them are older than I am. In fact, with the exception of the high school student in our midst, I am the youngest member. The youngest member of the tenor section is in his early 70s, with the other three members all over 80. I can only hope that I will have the same vitality that they have when I reach their age.
Part of my enjoyment is the church itself. It is a beautiful building, and being a part of the choir means that we get one of the best views. While I have not always been attentive at church, I have always felt at peace in it.
Another part of my love for the choir is my love of music. Pythagoras, from whom we got the Pythagorean theorem, had a cult that followed his teachings for hundreds of years. They weren't obsessed with finding the hypotenuse, but they loved his teaching about music. You see, he looked at the stars and noted that they followed mathematical principles. He also knew that music and mathematics are interrelated. Thus, the heavens play out a celestial song, one which he and his followers tried to figure out. I feel like that with music, that music brings us closer to the heavenly choirs and into harmony with our universe.
I suppose, most importantly, I simply love to sing. I have been told that I have a good voice, and I like impressing people. It makes me happy and it makes other people happy, which makes me even happier.
It was St. Augustine who said that the person "who sings, prays twice." Father Jim said that God gave you the voice that you have, thus you should always sing out and either praise Him with it or punish Him for it. I think that he also said, "If you can't sing good, sing loud." Music is, for me, further proof of our interconnection with one another and every part of our existence. It is proof of God.
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