![]() The truth of the faith need not be - and indeed must not be– compromised or subordinated to the canons of compositional style or the needs of musical or poetic form. It adds that since beauty and truth are convertible, “there can be no competition, much less contradiction, between the two. ![]() Hymnodys’ beauty “is constitutively related to the truth of the mystery of faith it proposes for our wonder and praise,” the document’s preface notes. While hymns needn’t “be composed of doctrinal formulae … It is important to avoid language that could be easily misconstrued in a way that is contrary to Catholic doctrine,” they explained. bishops’ doctrine committee provided two general guidelines for determining whether a hymn is doctrinally suitable for liturgical use: whether it conforms to Catholic doctrine, and whether its images and vocabulary appropriately reflect the usage of Scripture and the liturgical prayer of the Church. The document has been distributed to bishops, who were encouraged by the USCCB to share it with diocesan worship offices, pastors, and parish musicians. This cannot be done if language is used that is out of keeping with the sensibility created by scriptural texts and universal liturgical usage.” “It is all the more important, then, that hymnody selected for the liturgical life of the Church successfully draw out the beauty of the Christian mysteries themselves. “Christian tradition, both Eastern and Western, has from antiquity been acutely aware that hymns and other songs are among the most significant forces in shaping – or misshaping – the religious and theological sensibility of the faithful,” the committee wrote in “Catholic Hymnody at the Service of the Church,” which bears the date September 2020. ©2020 Getty Music Publishing (BMI) / Messenger Hymns (BMI) / Jordan Kauflin Music (BMI) / Matthew Merker Music (BMI) / Getty Music Hymns and Songs (ASCAP) / Love Your Enemies Publishing (ASCAP) / adm at MusicServices.CNA Staff, / 07:01 pm ( CNA).- The doctrine committee of the US bishops’ conference (USCCB) earlier this year produced a guide to evaluating the lyrics of hymns on the basis of their doctrinal content, noting that Vatican II declared sacred music’s purpose to be “the glory of God and the sanctification of the faithful.” Words and Music by Keith Getty, Matt Boswell, Jordan Kauflin, Matt Merker, Matt Papa Now and ever, we confess: “I am not my own, but belong-body and soul in life and in death-to my faithful Savior, Jesus Christ.” The Christian can sing hallelujah, because Christ assures us of our glorious future. There is no need to shrink back from mentioning death in our hymns, because we know the Living One who has conquered death forever. That’s why a group of songwriters from Getty Music wrote the modern hymn “Christ Our Hope in Life and Death.” Like the Heidelberg Catechism that inspired it, this song is honest about death. ![]() The hope of the resurrection spurs us to sing. That is the only statement that can transform how we live each day and how we prepare for our earthly life to end. “Christ has been raised from the dead” (1 Cor 15:20). Hope comes only in trusting the one who died to take the curse of death and who crushed the power of death by his resurrection. To find comfort in life, we must know how we can face death. Unless Jesus returns first, we will all die. Why start there? Because death is our common fate. It’s the first article in the Heidelberg Catechism of 1563. “What is your only comfort in life and in death?”įor centuries, believers have learned the Christian faith beginning with that question.
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