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Follow-up to Music for meditative prayer	Jacob	Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Question: Dear Brother, I just wanted to follow-up to Marie's recent question about chant and meditative prayer.. she mentioned "Enigma" and I just wanted to say that I happen to be a fan of that musical project, and that although their music contains a lot of samples of Gregorian chants as well as many other traditional music styles, the chants are not performed by the group itself and should NOT be used for prayer or meditation. Enigma is a New Age group and although the music certainly is very beautiful, it is not suitable for serious Christian prayer since it contains other non-Christian beliefs as well. Go with the real stuff that is recorded by monasteries instead. :-) Jacob
Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OMSM(r), L.Th., D.D. Dear Jacob: Thanks for the information. I agree, the Gregorian Chant needs to be from the monks. God Bless, Bro. Ignatius Mary Footer Notes: This forum is for general questions on the faith. See specific Topic Forums below: Spiritual Warfare, demons, the occult go to our Spiritul Warfare Q&S Forum. Liturgy Questions go to our Liturgy and Liturgical Law Q&A Forum Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office) Questions go to our Divine Office Q&A Forum Defenfing the Faith Questions go to our Defending the Faith Q&A Forum Church History Questions go to our Church History Q&A Forum

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Follow-up to Music for meditative prayer

Jacob

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

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Dear Brother,

I just wanted to follow-up to Marie's recent question about chant and meditative prayer.. she mentioned "Enigma" and I just wanted to say that I happen to be a fan of that musical project, and that although their music contains a lot of samples of Gregorian chants as well as many other traditional music styles, the chants are not performed by the group itself and should NOT be used for prayer or meditation. Enigma is a New Age group and although the music certainly is very beautiful, it is not suitable for serious Christian prayer since it contains other non-Christian beliefs as well. Go with the real stuff that is recorded by monasteries instead. :-)

Jacob

Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OMSM(r), L.Th., D.D.

Dear Jacob:

Thanks for the information. I agree, the Gregorian Chant needs to be from the monks.

God Bless,
Bro. Ignatius Mary

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