While not as well known as Christmas carols and Christmas music, music during the liturgical season of Lent plays a key role, a priest and musician told Fox News Digital. "Music plays a threefold role ...

When people in church raise their voices in song, it's like praying, twice. That thinking has been traced to St. Augustine and is the basis of a new program for Lent at Church of Peace United Church ...

I don’t hear people getting all giddy about being able to crank up their Lenten music, the way they did with Christmas songs when it was Christmas time (or mid-October, whatever). That’s a shame, ...

Tomorrow is Palm Sunday, the beginning of the Christian observance of Holy Week and the conclusion of the season of Lent. There are a lot of great hymns associated with both Lent and Holy Week. In ...

When members of Broad Street United Methodist Church gather for Ash Wednesday services tonight, they’ll sing Psalm 51 to mark the start of the 40-day Lenten period of reflection and repentance that ...

The Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles – an order of contemplative nuns who live in a cloister yet repeatedly climb music charts – are set to release an album for Lent later this month. Of the 23 ...

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From joyful big-band tunes to aching psalms, from Dallas to down under, local musicians bring depth and diversity to our praise. While big-name megachurch outlets produce the bulk of music sung on ...

Music brings people together, it wakes them up and calms them down, it can be a source of great comfort and solidarity This is the time of year for several special services. First Communions, ...

It has come to my attention that many parishioners, and even many music directors, are not especially happy to find themselves singing "Ashes" every Ash Wednesday -- but they feel that there is no ...