Benedict XVI continued, "This overwhelming sentiment of joy is not something light and superficial; it is a sensation achieved through struggle" because "silent solitude [...] had taught Beethoven a new way of listening that went well beyond a simple capacity to experience in his imagination the sound of notes read or written." This was akin to "the perceptivity given as a gift by God to people who obtain the grace of interior or exterior liberation.
Monday, October 29, 2007
Pope Reflects on Beethoven's 9th
At a concert given in his honor, the Holy Father spoke over the weekend about struggle, optimism, and joy rooted in God, as expressed in Beethoven's work. From the article at Zenit.org:
