Cecilia37

I am first and foremost a Catholic, heart, mind, body and soul, a defender of Catholicism and a pursuer of all that is true, good, and beautiful. St. Catherine of Siena said, "If you are who you should be, you will set the world on fire." God has called me to serve Him through music - particularly in the divine liturgy - to help heal the souls just as a physician heals the body. As a wise man once told me, music isn't just "pretty stuff, but a matter of life and death." A bit much, you might say? I disagree. True beauty has the ability to sooth and heal the soul. Just as a doctor is charged with healing the body, the artist is charged with healing the soul through the creation of beauty. Beauty also helps awaken the heart to the truth. Truth speaks to the mind, but beauty speaks to the heart, thus they must be presented together, especially in the liturgy. As the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI once said, "I think that the great music born within the Church is an audible and perceptible rendering of the truth of our faith. In listening to sacred music -suddenly we feel: it is true!" For this reason, it is my responsibility to perfect my talents as a musician, not for myself, but for what I can give to others through my music. Thus do I hope to bring about the salvation of souls for His honor and glory.