Studia Pastoralne
Rocznik Wydziału Teologicznego UŚ

TO THE THERAPEUTIC DIMENSION OF THE MUSICAL SHAPE IN THE LITURGY
Summary
Therapy is meant to strengthen or extend one’s health or well-being. Liturgical music wishes to maintain and support this well-being between people and an inner harmony with God as a substantial condition of a physical and psychological health.
It is a common knowledge that a human voice belongs to the world of sounds. A person responsible for a musical side of a liturgical celebration in his community must remember which possibilities of a positive combination are allowed in a musical therapy and which can be considered as appropriate for a contact with God. He must also remember that there are many different listeners who respond to what we understand as a liturgical music. While keeping the artistic principles a real therapist must maintain and accept the existing variety of options.