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NPM: National Association of Pastoral Musicians

The following excepts are from:
Preparing for Liturgy: A Theology and Spirituality
by Austin Fleming with Victoria M. Tufano

Yours is a share in the work of the Lord's Spirit who draws us together into one, who makes harmony out of discord, who sings in our hearts the lyric of all that is holy.
Yours is the joy of sounding that first note which brings the assembly to its feet, ready to praise God.
Yours is to impart a "quality of joy and enthusiasm [that] cannot be gained in any other way."
Yours is a ministry that reaches the deepest recesses of the human heart, your work is soul-stirring.
Yours is none other than the Lord's song; you draw us into that canticle of divine praise sung throughout the ages in the halls of heaven.
You help us to respond to God's word, to acclaim the Gospel, to sing of our salvation in Christ.
Yours is a ministry that gathers our many voices into one grand choir of praise.