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Sing to the Lord a new song

Sacred music has a special role in the Catholic liturgy, says Archbishop Alexander Sample of Portland, who has written a pastoral letter on ways parishes can have the best music at Mass. Citing a sermon of St. Augustine, the Archbishop writes, “the new man sings a new song. Singing is an expression of joy and, if we consider the matter, an expression of love.” [1]