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‘Let’s Sing With the Pope’ Teaches Gregorian Chant to Faithful Via Vatican’s Sacred Music School...
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"It was the
will of the Eternal Father that one universal language be used along with, in
comparison with, together with the language of the land. This universal
language, Latin, befit and was chosen by the Eternal Father as a universal
language for the universal Church, the Roman Catholic Church under the
leadership of Pope Paul VI, the successor of Peter....
Because of the fall in Babylon, many new languages were given because of the sin
of Babylon. Therefore, as a member of one country, My children, with a universal
language, you carried with you your own country's translation, and were you to
visit abroad, you could enter upon any foreign edifice, Church of My Son, and
feel comfortable and in one with the man, the priest, the one chosen by My Son
to represent Him in His House.
If you were, My child, to
go from your United States to France, could you understand the words in French?
But, My child, you would recognize the words in Latin and you would have your
book with you to read in your American language, just as those in France could
read in their French language, bringing upon the world a beautiful and common
bond of language among all who have been given the grace to be called to the
Roman Catholic Church of My Son." - Our
Lady, April 10, 1976
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NCRegister.com reported on May 24, 2025:
By Bénédicte Cedergren
Pope Leo charmed and inspired the faithful around the world when he sang the Regina Caeli from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica. Now, a Vatican-linked project is producing instructional videos for those who want to emulate the singing Pope.
“Let’s Sing With the Pope” — the name of the initiative — is hosted by Dominican Father Robert Mehlhart, the president of the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music.
“The Pope appeared on the balcony of St. Peter’s Square, and he intoned the Regina Caeli, and he intoned it very well,” Father Mehlhart, a Dominican priest from Germany with a prominent career in conducting choirs and orchestras across Oxford, Vienna, and Munich, told the Register.
This new initiative invites the faithful to raise their voices in song alongside Pope Leo XIV, who has done so himself several times since his election.
“He has a lovely voice,” Father Mehlhart said. “He is an experienced singer. He lived most of his life in a monastic community, in a community of friars where singing the office is a daily thing.”
“People wanted to join in,” the Dominican priest added. “And I thought, ‘Well, I can help them. Let’s pull off this project, and let’s have people sing with the Pope.’”
Launched in collaboration with the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication, the aim of the “short educational video tutorials” on social media is twofold:
The goal is not only to make the rich heritage of Gregorian chant accessible to all, but to “help the people of God sing along with the Holy Father during the upcoming major liturgical celebrations.”
What chants does he choose to teach the faithful? “The answer is very simple,” Father Mehlhart explained. “I teach people those chants that the Pope actually sings. When he sings a new bit, we’re going to teach you to sing with him.”
In the Spirit of St. Augustine
Across the world, efforts to share and revive the Church’s musical treasures can be observed.
In Rome, the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music, which serves as the Vatican state’s university for Church music, is leading in this endeavor.
The international institute offers 21 degrees across seven disciplines, such as composition, choir conducting, organ and chant.
Since sacred music has “been around for 2,000 years now,” Father Mehlhart stressed that they are not inventing anything new but rather helping reinvigorate a long-standing tradition together with Pope Leo, who “inspires us all to engage more in the sacred liturgy and to praise God with song.”
Further, the rector of the institute emphasized, “He is an Augustinian, and St. Augustine was very sure that to pray in song is very, very pleasing and a good thing. He has this famous saying: ‘[He] who sings prays twice,’” meaning that “who sings glorifies God and preaches the word of God even more than we could do it only with our words.”
As the Church has long reiterated, “music is very important for the spiritual life of the faithful.”
“The saints sing,” Father Mehlhart said. “They live with God in heaven, they see him, and they join the rejoice of the angels; and it’s our job on earth, as human beings, to join them and to make this world even more heavenly.”
A Student-Engaged Initiative
With the help of students at the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music, Father Mehlhart explains how to read and sing simple musical notes, as well as the meaning behind the profound Latin texts.
Together with Don Tommaso Lee, Israel Echie has been helping the Dominican priest prepare and organize the creation of the videos. According to Echie, Father Mehlhart’s initiative “couldn’t have been more timely.”
“It comes at a time where Gregorian chant seems to be going extinct,” Echie told the Register. While Church documents like Sacrosanctum Concilium tell that Gregorian chant has “a pride of place in the liturgy,” Echie explained that, “in practice, it is not so.”
According to Echie, “Having someone who is bringing [the chant to them], it’s like a revival. Father Robert is reevangelizing the people again, not just on the local level, but globally.”
Impact on the Faithful and Hopes for Reach
With close to 1 million views of the first videos in one week, the global impact of the short and interactive videos is undeniable.
Reflecting on how “the pure melodic echoes of the chant has the ability to put one in the atmosphere of prayer,” Echie said he is no longer merely hoping to see the fruits of the project: “I can see the fruits already, and I pray it becomes something very, very global.”
“The Holy Father himself is taking the chant seriously,” Echie continued, and “knowing that the Church is hierarchical, the bishops definitely will do the same, down to our local Churches.”
“My hope is that people feel more secure when they are singing,” Father Mehlhart added. “I think lots of people just want somebody to just sing to them the bits so that they can repeat it.”
While the exact reach of the videos is still unknown, Father Mehlhart says the comments he reads on social media give him a sense of how they’re touching both believers and nonbelievers alike.
“It's fantastic to read those comments because it’s so encouraging for us, this institute and for the students and for all the people that want to help people glorifying God by song.”
Father Mehlhart continued: “The best comment I’ve read was: ‘Father, you made an atheist sing with the Pope.’ I think that’s just glorious. And it brightens up my heart as a preacher.”
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