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One of my favorite Superman stories of all time, from Grant Morrison's Final Crisis, involves him going toe-to-toe, once again with one of his most evil arch-nemeses: Darkseid. This villain has just been resurrected to his full power as he tries to bring all of reality into destruction with him.
Superman lets out a single note, that, through his powers, somehow contains every song ever written at once. With that, Darkseid’s scourge is over. Superman looks on as says “Darkseid always hated music.”
The same, I believe, is true for the one Darkseid represents: the evil one. By this I mean the intelligent forces of evil that exist in this world to draw us away from God. There is something pure and creative with music. That’s not to say the evil one doesn’t twist it at times, but I still cannot believe that it likes music one bit.
That is why musicians such as Bach, whose feast we celebrate today, are so important. Bach was incredibly devout in his faith, and that shines through in his music. Bach gave us a deep and incredible way to connect with our Lord, and his work has been personally meaningful to me in my life of faith as a classical guitarist and a singer. For that we can say, “Thanks be to God!”