tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570982804100640341.post7898529590043322247..comments2020-03-26T10:56:35.085-05:00Comments on One Family, Many Faiths: Echos of Ecclesiastical EcstacyYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17899198991961663809noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570982804100640341.post-33084349854114149942012-01-30T09:15:01.882-06:002012-01-30T09:15:01.882-06:00Oh my goodness! What a heavy load the Catholics p...Oh my goodness! What a heavy load the Catholics put on their people to say that women cannot write music or cannot sing in the choir or cannot participate in the regular worship life of a church. That is too heavy to carry. The world of "Tocotta" and other such music (beautiful though they be) is a world I have little or no experience with. I could listen to it and not recognize it. I'm just a plain, ordinary, every day limited person with almost no exposure to "high church" music. Women in the Bible wrote music and led music publicly. Did not Miriam, Moses sister, lead the children of God in playing an instrument and vocalizing praise to God immediately after the crossed the Red Sea? Biblical worship is not a male vs female thing. It is from the heart of every man and woman.<br /><br />I do not mean those things to be offensive to the ecclesiastical heirarchy of the Catholic church, nor to anyone at all. It's just something I never knew or contemplated before.<br /><br />Frances and I currently have a friend who has written several songs, has performed them in worship with other Christians, and her songs are sung around the country in public worship. My Mom has written them and performed them in public worship for as long as I can remember and that is at least 70 years. <br /><br />Joel, the Old Testament prophet said in his second chapter that God would pour out his Spirit on "sons and on daughters". At Pentecost, Peter said, in the second chapter of the book of Acts when explaining the ecstatic utterances on the day of Pentecost that, "This is that which was spoken of by the prophet, Joel." There were men and women rejoicing together at the presence of God and telling stunned people around them of the mighty blessings of God with languages they had not learned. Their ecstasy was so over-powering that their actions caused the on-lookers to think that they were acting under the influence of alchohol.Fred Altonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12740055638280779519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570982804100640341.post-32697732094767730382012-01-30T09:14:03.650-06:002012-01-30T09:14:03.650-06:00Not being exposed to much of world class music or ...Not being exposed to much of world class music or composers, more of the down to earth ladies. My wife loves Irma Williams songs. Deep touching and heart felt.<br />Women seem to take the back seat as far as exposure, but not from talent or dedication.jack69https://www.blogger.com/profile/12884137603402812926noreply@blogger.com