Learning Worship Guitar

As worship leaders we are always trying to better ourselves and learn our art and our instruments better each and every day. While there are many resources that are well prepared, and very effective towards this end, I find they tend to fall into two categories: The first are resources that are aimed at people [...]

Part Time Worship Leaders (Tips for Small Gigs) Pt. 2

Last time I shared three out of my seven tips to make your part time worship ministry a success.  Today I want to share the last four tips with you which focus on planning, advertising/networking, and prayer. Tip #4: Make one hour a day your “Ministry Hour.” If a person is a full time teacher, [...]

Can you tell the difference b/t Sacred & Secular Music?

I found this while suffering the internet.  Overall, I like it in that I think it gives  solid information regarding music in the liturgy.  The one question I have is: what exactly does this ministry define as “secular” music.  While I agree that purely “secular” music the likes of which are heard on the Billboard [...]

John Paul II on the centenary of the Motu Proprio “TRA LE SOLLECITUDINI’ on SACRED MUSIC

I just got done reading this document by John Paul the second on the 100 year anniversary of Pope Pius X’s “Instruction on Sacred Music”.  I think it’s awesome!  It beautifully expresses the Church’s desire for true, good, and beautiful music in the liturgy.  It also calls on composers and musicians of “popular religious songs” [...]

The Battle belongs to the Lord – (Is battle imagery appropriate in worship?)

A few months back, my band CatholicFX played an event that featured a set list focused on rallying teens to fight in the battle of righteousness. I received an e-mail from a chaperone describing his or her discomfort with the language of war. They described it as “contrary to what I think we’re supposed to [...]

Glorify God by your life: Evangelization & the Renewal of the Liturgy

Archbishop Chaput reflects on questions of evangelization and the renewal of Catholic liturgy. He examines the key issues of today’s liturgical worship within the context of American culture. Where does the Catholic liturgy fit in a culture which prizes technology, science and material proof, but has lost the vocabulary to understand humanity’s oldest and deepest need: faith in an unseen God?

Part Time Worship Leaders (Tips for small gigs) Pt 1

Ministry or Money? Hello worship leaders and praisers of the Lord, I am excited to be able to be posting on this blog and sharing my experiences of worship with you, before I do so however, I would like to share a little bit about myself with you.  My name is Nate Gulya and I [...]

The Seven Words of Worship

In Psalm 96:4 we read: “For great is the Lord and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.” The Scriptures are full of calls to worship. Whether it be the Torah, the Psalms, the Gospels, or any other part of the Bible, we are commanded to render praise to the [...]

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Sing to the Lord: Music in Divine Worship (Section I(a) Participation)

Following “Why we worship” is a short section entitled, “Participation”.  It begins by affirming the roles of the bishops all the way down to the congregation within worship.  “Through grace, the liturgical assembly partakes in the life of the Blessed Trinity, which is itself a communion of love.”  Therefore, “the Church urges all members of [...]

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