Holy Father reflects on love for music, art in new book
The Spanish daily, La Razon, announced the upcoming publication of new book by Pope Benedict XVI titled, “Praising God With Art.” In it, he illustrates his “passion for music and reflects on art, liturgy and theology.”
In “Praising God With Art,” the Holy Father “writes about theology, Vatican II, art and the liturgy,” and explains how “the beauty of artistic creation is an excellent means for reaching God,” reported La Razon.
“There is a profound relationship between music and hope, between singing and eternal life: it is not in vain that the Christian tradition depicts the blessed spirits singing in choir, in ecstasy and raptured by the beauty of God,” the article pointed out. “Authentic art, like prayer, does not take us away from daily reality, but rather brings us back to it in order to ‘water it’ and make it germinate so that it bears the fruit of good and peace,” it said.
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In “Praising God With Art,” the Holy Father “writes about theology, Vatican II, art and the liturgy,” and explains how “the beauty of artistic creation is an excellent means for reaching God,” reported La Razon.
“There is a profound relationship between music and hope, between singing and eternal life: it is not in vain that the Christian tradition depicts the blessed spirits singing in choir, in ecstasy and raptured by the beauty of God,” the article pointed out. “Authentic art, like prayer, does not take us away from daily reality, but rather brings us back to it in order to ‘water it’ and make it germinate so that it bears the fruit of good and peace,” it said.
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