Patron saints
Who Is the Patron Saint of Music And Musicians?
Saint Cecilia · Feast day November 22
The patron saint of music and musicians is Saint Cecilia, whose feast day is November 22.
Who was Saint Cecilia?
Saint Cecilia was an early Roman martyr, honored since the earliest centuries of the church. According to her story she sang in her heart to the Lord even on her wedding day, keeping her love wholly for God.
Why the patron of music and musicians?
That image of singing to God in her heart made her the patron of music, musicians, and church singers, and her feast has long been kept with concerts and hymns.
In the Word
Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.Psalm 150:6 (KJV)
A note for all traditions: patron saints are honored in the Catholic and Orthodox churches as examples of faith and as friends who pray with us, never worshiped, for worship belongs to God alone. Many Protestant Christians honor the saints as examples without asking their intercession. Across all traditions, there is one Lord and one mediator between God and us, the man Christ Jesus, and every one of us, not only the saints, is called to holiness and to him.
All the saints point to Jesus, and so are you called
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