Our Response

Massive Worship has been kicking it in Nova Scotia for some time now. How I know that we have been getting the full experience of this reality is that one of our host families brought home live lobsters for supper. We were all very excited…it’s not quite the meal you would normally get down in Alberta where most of us are from… or Ontario…or Australia for that matter. Anyways the lobsters screamed and then hit the table and our host dad gave us a dinner tutorial on how to savagely tear apart a lobster with our bare hands. It was one of our more memorable experiences. Definitely worth documenting.

After we left we were faced with a predicament. We had a free weekend and nowhere to go. Then Divine Providence kicked in and a very awesome priest invited us to stay at his rectory in Digby, NS. It was a short walking distance from the waterfront of the Bay of Fundy, which was beautiful, there’s nothing quite like the coming up over the ocean.

He then invited us to play for Mass that Sunday, and since we didn’t have anything planned he decided to let us play a concert that same Sunday afternoon. The only thing is that it wasn’t advertised or anything, because it was so spontaneously planned, all Father did was invite people out when he was saying Mass that weekend.

We played for Mass and were welcomed warmly and then when the afternoon came around there were 60 people that came out to the concert! We were amazed. Especially because we weren’t even supposed to be there, it wasn’t scheduled, God just wanted us to be there, so we were.

These people came out not knowing what to expect and they were touched with a worship experience, and once again we were all moved by the grace of God working through our music and through us.

I am constantly in awe of the greatness of God. Personally, Massive Worship has changed my life too. I came onto the team not knowing what to expect and not knowing what Praise and Worship of God really means. There is a quote in one of our talks that says, “Worship is our response to who God is.” This hasn’t really meant that much to me until just recently. I feel that God has given me a glimpse of the true heart of worship. Worship really is our response to who God is… how can we know the love God has for us and not try in some small way to give it back? To offer up our lives as a prayer and to just give Him the Praise He deserves.

Being on Massive Worship has opened my eyes to the gift of Worship and I am so happy that we have this mission.

We are heading to Yarmouth tomorrow where we will be playing at Mass some more and an Adoration night. We are also excited because our wonderful supervisors will be joining us for the weekend. They arrive tomorrow and we all get to spend the weekend together at a Parish Hall. It will be a great time!

Until next time, have a very blessed month and I hope that God will some how call you, wherever you are, to respond to who He is.

Sincerely, Brandi Olson