text: As a music minister and volunteer, the larger the congregation, the higher my stress level. I'm too often playing Martha I'm afraid. I'm sure you know what I mean, Fr. :-)\n\nFull pews for special events also bring me a certain serenity however, and I don't know if there's a correlative physical aspect. But to know that I am lifting my voice with so many singing the litany helps connect me to the Communion of Saints in a way that feels so tangible... like you can reach out and touch apostles and saints of the ages.