The Devil hates Gregorian chant for many reasons:

  1. Because it is beautiful
  2. Because it is orderly
  3. Because it is old. But that alone is not why he hates it, for he turns many old things to his advantage. He hates Gregorian chant because it is an unbroken tradition, a golden musical thread that begins before the Middle Ages, before St. Gregory the Great, before Herod’s Temple, before the exiles, before Solomon’s Temple, before King David, all the way back to that very first recorded song, “Cantemus Domino gloriose enim magnificatus est,” sung by the Israelites after the Lord led them through Red Sea.
  4. Because it is at the service of Sacred Scripture
  5. Because it is impeccably suited to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, which the Devil hates most of all

This message is part of The Trad Store’s “The Devil hates…” series: if we know what the Devil hates, we know what we must love.