Knocking down the "Church" with its Choir

As irony would have it, I used to find solace in critiquing the church. The old ways of self-hate, judgement, etc., were all enough reasons to excomunicate the entire process from my life and put a large X across anything "Cristian." I live quite near an original Medival Cloister from the 15th century, brought brick by brick from France. It is part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, housing a permanant Mideval art collection which is breathtaking. [The fact that it is inside a real castle that stands in the middle of NYC is my favourite part.] Its always been one of my favourite places to visit in the summer when the garden is in bloom, and the medival music plays inside the halls. I bought a CD there once, that I've been listening to for some time, choir medival church music. And then it hit me - not so long ago in fact - that this is higly religious music. I NEVER REALLY thought about it. I just really enjoyed the sound, the vibrations. Why am I listening to it so much...in my headphones, at that ?! Because the vibrations lift me, I feel closer to the Divine... I feel like I'm in prayer when I listen to this music. "How odd," I thought. "These people were practically brutes, and yet this music, their voices." I have seen a lot of conversations on this network about this issue - everyone is pissed at the church, at the Catholics, whatever. But if you look to the roots, before the politics, before the nonsense, you have a real sense of religion in its purest state - man's wish to connect with the Divine - through chant, through voice, through song. I want to post the song I'm listening to right now as I write this...its moving me to tears. Please let me know if you want it, I will send it to you. Its almost 12 minutes long, so it will keep you occupied :) Much love, Katya