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The Art of Catholic with Matthew Leonard

061: Music Wars with Mike Aquilina

The Art of Catholic with Matthew Leonard

Matthew Leonard

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9831 Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2017

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

It sounds like a wild exaggeration. But according to best-selling author Mike Aquilina (a generally trustworthy source), it was music that saved the ancient world from its descent into despair. My first thought was "Seriously?" Yep. He's not kidding.  It's all in his book "How the Choir Converted the Word: Through Hymns, With Hymns, And In Hymns" from Emmaus Road Publishing. (The book is worth a look for the subtitle alone.) Given the state of some current liturgical music, I was skeptical to say the least. (I probably should have told the publisher that before I agreed to blurb the book.) But since everything else I ever read by Mike is pure gold, I agreed. I wasn't disappointed. This book rocks. Music really did save world. But it wasn't without conflict. Music isn't always used for holy purposes. (Ever been to a Def Leppard concert? Yeah...me neither.) That's as true today as it was in the ancient world. In case you haven't noticed, music continues as a battlefront in modern culture. And it's a battle we have to win. So today on the Art of Catholic, we'll look at how the Church used music to convert the world, as well as how it can happen again. "If we did it once," says Mike Aquilina, "we can do it again." So let's get to it! In this 2017 kickoff episode, Mike and I discuss: The deep relationship between music and beauty Why trumpets were the electric guitars of the biblical club scene (and even used as weapons) Why the Israelites made the best music in the ancient world The reason early Christians were strangely ambivalent, sometimes even hostile, about music How music brought down one of the most powerful heresies in the history of the Church All that and much, much more in this incredibly noteworthy episode of the Art of Catholic. God bless! Matthew Want to go deeper into prayer?  If you really want to understand the ins-and-outs of deep prayer: what it is, how to do it, the 3 Stages of the Spiritual Life, vocal, meditative, & contemplative prayer in the Catholic tradition - this is the book for you! "Matthew Leonard, in an engaging style, shows how ancient Catholic prayer traditions still meet the needs of today's Catholics."—His Eminence Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington "We all need help to grow spiritually...Matt Leonard shows us the way." - Dr. Scott Hahn, author, speaker, and Professor of Scripture and Theology, Franciscan University of Steubenville   Grab your FREE copy of my quick guide to deeper prayer 8 Ways To Jumpstart Your Prayer Life!  It's an easy step-by-step guide to help you rocket to God!   Don't miss a show! Subscribe to The Art of Catholic by clicking this link and then clicking "View in iTunes" under the picture and then "Subscribe"!  Love the show and want more people to hear the Catholic faith? Leave a review by clicking here and then the "View in iTunes" button under my picture. This pushes the show up the rankings and puts it in front of more people. Android user? You can listen to The Art of Catholic on the Beyond Pod app from the Google Play Store.   Pilgrimage to Rome and Southern Italy! Join Matthew on a pilgrimage to Rome, Assisi, Sorrento, Monte Cassino, Siena,  the Amalfi Coast and other amazing sites from October 9-18, 2017! It's the trip of a lifetime! Click here for more details.

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This is the art of Catholic.

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The Word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another in all wisdom,

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and as you sing, psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your hearts to go.

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Those are the words of St. Paul in Colossians 316, and they are so apropos for our fascinating topic and guest today.

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Welcome to the art of Catholic Kids. I'm Matthew Leonard coming to you from Studio 2 at the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology.

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It's my first show for 2017. Happy New Year to everyone. I'm glad to be back

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in the booth it has been painful. Is he a few weeks since my last show? First of all,

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mark your calendars. March 1st. That's the day we start streaming the newest

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Journey Through Scripture study, the Bible and the Sacraments for free. A somewhere around

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a hundred thousand people have watched the Bible in the Virgin Maryents for free. A somewhere around 100,000 people

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have watched the Bible and the Virgin Mary,

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the first series that we produced for video.

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It's still burning it up.

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And for those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about,

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go to Bibleandthevirgimary.com, check it out.

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But that was only the first of the six existing

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journey through scripture studies.

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And over the past few months,

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I've been working like a dog as I have some of my colleagues on getting the Bible in the sacraments ready for the lent. And I have to tell you, I'm really proud of it. As good as the Bible in the

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Virgin Mary is, we have taken the production values to the next level. And the Bible in the sacraments

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is turning out beautifully and I think you're going to love it. Now, if you want to register for the free streaming,

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head over to Bible and the sacraments.com.

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