The following is a video that I created for my parish answering the question: How can we select music for Mass that reflects God’s nature as Ever Ancient and Ever New?
“Late have I loved you, O Beauty ever ancient, ever new, late have I loved you!”
- St. Augustine, Confessions
This quote from St. Augustine reveals God as Beauty who is both “ever ancient” and “ever new”. The music for our Mass should reveal the nature of God, so how can our music reflect God as "ever ancient” and “ever new”? I address this by asking “Why is Ever Ancient important?” as well as “Why is Ever New important?” The goal is to provide music for the liturgy that provides as balance between:
The treasure of sacred music is to be preserved and fostered with great care.
- Sacrosanctum Concilium, 114
and
Sing to the LORD a new song;
- Psalm 96:1
