Wisdom from St. John Chrysostom

 
 
 

So much does our nature take pleasure in chants and songs that even babies at the breast are lulled to sleep when they cry and fuss...Women, travelers, workers, sailors—they use a chant to try to ease the hardship that goes with their labor. It’s easier for the mind to endure hardships and difficulties when it hears songs and chants.

—St. John Chrysostom

quoted in the book How the Choir Converted the World

 

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