La música cristiana es de origen judío: la liturgia musical de la sinagoga, en particular el canto psalmódico de los judíos como unidad poética musical, fue un legado preciado transmitido del Israel antiguo al cristianismo primitivo, como forma de manifestar tanto a nivel personal como comunitario las creencias religiosas y la fe en Dios.
I stand on ground I've walked before
To seek the way
And watch the moon rise into night
Illuminating with its light
My thoughts they turn in time and place
Illuminated Word of grace
Where I will find the way divine
A throne in sight that blazes like eternal dawn
The mystery of Father, Spirit and the Son
The Three in One
And precious stones of colours bright
Eagle and calf, lion and man
Do meet around the throne of light
In colours rich that last through time
In patterns of the Spirit's mind
Illuminated Word divine
I stand on ground I've walked before
To seek the way