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Jeremy Wayne Tate@JeremyTate41 · Oct 11, 2025

Gen Z is rediscovering sacred music. They are drawn to the otherworldliness of it. 🧵 1. Katie Marshall sings a…

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Gen Z is experiencing a spiritual revival through sacred music, drawn to the ethereal and otherworldly qualities of a cappella hymns, Gregorian chants, and liturgical performances recorded in historic cathedrals and chapels around the world.

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    Gen Z is rediscovering sacred music. They are drawn to the otherworldliness of it. 🧵 1. Katie Marshall sings a cappella in the Cloisters of Gloucester Cathedral

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    2. Blind girl sings Amazing Grace a cappella in a church

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    3. Composed in 1638, Allegri’s Miserere was originally intended to only be sung during Holy Week, and to never leave the Sistine Chapel in order to preserve the mystery of the music. Here it is performed by St Paul’s Cathedral Choir.

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    4. Pope John Paul II sings Our Father prayer in Latin during mass at Saint Peter’s Basilica

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    5. Andrea Bocelli, a devout Catholic, sings Ave Maria at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes

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    6. Maria Coman singing Psalm 135 in Byzantine and Romanian

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    7. Gregorian Chant by the Sisters of St. Thomas Aquinas

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    8. Katie Marshall singing a cappella at midnight in an empty St. Paul’s Cathedral

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    9. Psalm 50 in Aramaic

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    10. Malinda Kathleen tests the acoustics in a church

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    11. Ave Maria in the Sistine Chapel

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    12. Hymn sung every morning in Latin

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    13. Children celebrating their First Holy Communion sing and worship Jesus

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    14. The Lord's Prayer in Aramaic

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    15. Pope Leo XIV singing the Pater Noster in the Sistine Chapel