Muzyka sakralna jako via pulchritudinis wyzwaniem dla kompozytorów
Sacred music as via pulchritudinis – a challenge to composers

Summary/Abstract: If nature and cosmos are the expression of the beauty of the Creator and bring us to the threshold of a contemplative silence, artistic creation possesses its own capacity to evoke the ineffable aspects of the mystery of God. For the believer, beauty transcends the aesthetics and finds its archetype in God. The contemplation of the eternal beauty is the living source from which the Christian composers take inspiration to speak of the mystery of God. Works of sacred music inspired by the Christian faith posses an enormous potential pertinent to contemporary needs that remain unaltered by the times that pass. In an intuitive and tasteful manner, they permit participation in the great experience of faith, the meeting with God in the face of Christ in whom he uncovers the mystery of the love of God and the identity of man. With the language of beauty, Christian music work does not only transmit the message of the artist, but also the truth of the mystery of God meditated by a person who reads it to us, not to glorify himself but to glorify the Source. The beauty of the liturgy, an essential moment in the experience of faith and the path way towards the adult faith, is unable to reduce itself to mere formal beauty. It is, first of all, the deep beauty of the meeting with the mystery of God. Superficiality, banality and negligence have no place in the liturgical music. They definitely do not help the believers progress on his path of faith but, above all, damage those who attend Christian celebrations. Beauty is seen as fundamental to faith and to the perception of truth. Via pulchritudinis as the way of beauty in sacred music is the finest expression of faith, hope and love.

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