You see, your chant must be living, prayerful. It has to be alive, to sing, to be sung not just by the lips, but with your whole being… To define Gregorian chant, we might say that it is a gaze, and powerful contemplative gaze, loaded with love of God.

Dom Gajard (1885-1972)
Benedictine Monk

“For him Gregorian Chant wasn’t music, it was prayer sung with one’s entire being, the kind of prayer St. Benedict desired: interior, respectful, humble, and full of peace. And he truly lived those things that he told us in veritable Benedictine practice. This man who had become world-famous remained as humble as a child. Whatever praise one might lavish on him was completely colored and absorbed by his love for this sung prayer, as well as, and especially by his love for the One to whom this prayer was addressed. He was delighted to do good, not because it was his own project, but because it was “for the glory of God.” For us he will always remain a beautiful example of how youth, retains its youthful sensitivity for life, when given entirely to the service of faith, hope, and charity, when it flourishes in prayer and in a loving fidelity to the Divine Office.”

Abbess of Argentan