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Godsplaining

Dominican Friars Province of St. Joseph

Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 2 March 2026

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Music, beauty, and evangelization. Fr. Patrick welcomes Jacob Beranek & Christa Dalmazio of Higher Word Orchestra to this episode of Godsplaining to discuss escaping into the opera, how singing brings things higher, and their orchestra made up of Catholics. What will the future of Higher Word look like? How can liturgical music restore and renew the Church? More on Higher Word Orchestrahttps://higherword.org/orchestra Follow Christa on Instagram: christadalmazio_musicistaonline: https://christadalmazio.wixsite.com/soprano Follow Jacobonline: https://www.beranekmusic.com/#/ Send your questions for the friars to:godsplaining@opeast.org Subscribe to our channelhttps://www.youtube.com/c/Godsplaining Support the Podcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/godsplaining Shop our merch store: https://godsplaining.org/store/ Shop Books Written by the FriarsWitness: https://www.avemariapress.com/products/witness-1?srsltid=AfmBOoo3b2MbHxat33i-cwrd1AcSW_hPBfcHcm4-8XxJoCDn4OUgTBe_Training the Tongue: https://stpaulcenter.com/store/training-the-tongue-and-growing-beyond-sins-of-speechYour Eucharistic Identity: https://ignatius.com/your-eucharistic-identity-yeip/St. Dominic's Way of Life: https://www.amazon.com/Saint-Dominics-Way-Life-Knowing/dp/1681929392Prudence: Choose Confidently, Live Boldly: https://www.amazon.com/Prudence-Choose-Confidently-Live-Boldly/dp/1681927322/ Connect on Social MediaFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/godsplaining/Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/godsplaining/Follow us on X: https://x.com/godsplaining To learn more about the Province of St. Joseph visit: www.opeast.orgTo support the Province of St. Joseph visit: www.dominicanfriars.org

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0:00.0	This is Father Patrick Briscoe. Welcome to Godsplining. Thanks to all who support us. If you enjoy
0:10.8	our show, please consider making a monthly donation to us on Patreon. Be sure to like and
0:15.6	subscribe to Godsplaining wherever you listen to your podcast. Friends, I'm so excited to finally be here today.
0:22.7	We're an episode long in the making. I started talking to these great recording artists,
0:27.7	well, not just recording artists, fabulous musicians, and even Christian philosophers.
0:31.8	We'll get a little more into that as we go in New York City months ago. But as many of you know, I was reassigned to Rome, Italy,
0:40.8	which is where I'm living now, and it took a little bit to set up a studio because anyone
0:46.1	who knows anything about Rome knows that it takes a little bit.
0:51.4	So we'll just leave it at that.
0:53.3	Anyway, so we are finally here together to have what I think will be a very exciting conversation about music and about beauty and evangelization.
1:05.6	Jacob and Krista, thank you so much for joining.
1:09.0	Our pleasure.
1:11.0	I think maybe the best place to start is with me mispronouncing your last names.
1:16.6	No.
1:17.2	I think the best place to start will be just a little introduction because the two of you are
1:22.8	incredible talents, not just musically.
1:25.4	You've accomplished so much already in your careers, which are just
1:29.0	beginning. But I wonder if you might give us kind of a personal introduction. And then after each
1:34.7	of you tell us a little bit about your background, we'll talk about higher word and how you
1:38.4	had become friends and partners actually in this incredible project. So maybe Jacob, let's start
1:43.3	with you.
1:50.2	Where did where did your love for music come from and how is that expressing itself in your life?
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