Secularism is "the negation of man as a worshiping being, as homo adorans: the one for whom worship is the essential act which both 'posits' his humanity and fulfills it". Alexander Schmemann said this in his famous book For the Life of the World. Every now and then, there are items in the news or on the web that testify to humanity's fundamental desire to worship.
Below is a video that has been shared on Facebook and Twitter from a documentary about a Music Therapy treatment. An elderly man with Alzheimer's Disease or Dementia, begins listening to music and he is brought to life. The doctor says "Henry is restored to himself, he has remembered who is, and reacquired his identity for a while through the power of music". Although the clip ends with a praise of technology, the real healing was not from drugs or therapy but the "music of the spheres", a gift of God Almighty who sang life into being.
Oftentimes, I forget that I am a beloved son in Christ. When I forget this, my anxiety will take over as the fruit of my selfishness. Through the ages, music calls us out of the selfish abyss and brings us back to ourselves. We remember who we are. The Call to Worship every week in Church is a call to die to myself and live as part of a new humanity as the Church. In myself, I am in exile, and every Sunday is a homecoming.
Enjoy the video, remember who you are and worshiping the God from whom all blessings flow.
