Everyone once in a while, I find myself using the phrase “LAG-mode.” LAG, of course, the acronym for the Liturgy Arts Group (of Boston College), has always seemed to put me into a certain place in my soul. I find that I open up to laughter and joy. I forget the gravity of life’s pitfalls, and floating over them I can keep my eyes to the mountaintops ahead. It is the family of LAG that raises me to these heights, and I love them all individually and dearly.
And so I use this “LAG-mode” term in such a context. For example: “I’m absolutely in LAG-mode today.” Another: “I know I’ll be in LAG-mode all this weekend.” Usually, these comments refer to actual time spent with LAG, but sometimes I’ve found myself just describing a great mood I’m in. It seems that I’ve been changed over my years with the group, and I must admit that this mood has runneth over to my life entire.
And so, tomorrow I’ll be in the biggest LAG-mode ever, for my senior year LAG Arts Fest Concert is upon me. The songs will ring through the Heights Room, and for a final time solos will be sung with clapping (hopefully) induced. Certainly, the concert is not the last LAG event of the year, quite the contrary indeed. However, it will be an incredible night of powerful music, of some meaningful senior reflections, and of invitation. Invitation to our families and friends who join us tomorrow to be a part of our world for the night.
We invite you all to sit with us for just about 90 minutes, after your Thursday night dining plans just downstairs, and share a bond of faith, love, and joy that goes beyond the bounds of our choir. Like our prayer circles no matter where we sing, no person is excluded, whether a part of the choir or not. There’s always a spot for you, between the holding hands of our singing souls (that means yours too, you know…).
The program is as diverse as it is meaningful. Spanning the genres of Gospel power, to Renaissance sacred, to contemporary Christian, and everything in between, there’s a song to touch every heart and soul in the room. Believe me when I say it’s not all your standard “church music;” your toes will be tapping for sure, and I can’t guarantee there won’t be audience-participation in clapping rhythms… (voluntary of course, but peer pressure is a beautiful thing)
Come and join us for this amazing evening, I implore all who may read this. Whether you know me well, or even just a bit, or maybe not at all, know that I love you as my brother/sister, and it would mean the world to me if you came and shared tomorrow night with LAG.
7:30PM-9PM
The Heights Room, 2nd floor of Corcoran Commons (Lower dining hall), Boston College Chestnut Hill Campus, free admission. All are welcome.
I’m in the LAG zone right now.