To the editor:

This confessional Lutheran was delighted to learn that the beloved Catholic priest, Jan Michael Joncas, will be inducted into the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame.

Joncas, while probably unknown to most people by name, is known to millions and millions worldwide by his oft sung and always moving hymn, On Eagle’s Wings. During Holy Week at St. Paul’s Lutheran, we sang his lesser known but also powerful and majestic work, Take and Eat, before Holy Communion on Maundy Thursday. All told Joncas has written 54 hymns if my research is correct.

Please join with me in congratulating the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame in all that they do to honor Minnesota music. This Joncas induction is one more proof of their steadfast and good work.

Mark Santelman

Winthrop