"In the 1960s, not long after the Second Vatican Council, A Benedictine monastery in the south of France asked for help. Its members were listless, fatigued, and mildly (though not clinically) depressed. Though there was some anxiety about the Council’s reforms, the members’ physical symptoms had no obvious cause. Asked whether they had in any way changed their routine, they replied that they had eliminated several hours of Latin Gregorian chant. They were advised to reinstate it; when they did so, their health and morale rapidly improved."
— Brian Wren, from Praying Twice: The Music and Words of Congregational Song
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