Sing with Your Lives
My dear brothers and sons, fruit of the true faith and holy seed of heaven, all you who have been born again in Christ and whose life is from above, listen to me; or rather, listen to the Holy Spirit saying through me: Sing to the Lord a new song. "Look," you tell me, "I am singing." Yes indeed, you are singing; you are singing clearly, I can hear you. But make sure that your life does not contradict your words. Sing with your voices, your hearts, your lips and your lives: Sing to the Lord a new song.
Now it is your unquestioned desire to sing of him whom you love, but you ask me how to sing his praises. You have heard the words: Sing to the Lord a new song, and you wish to know what praises to sing. The answer is: His praise is in the assembly of the saints; it is in the singers themselves. If you desire to praise him, then live what you express. Live good lives, and you yourselves will be his praise. St. Augustine of Hippo, Bishop.
PSALMUS 149
1 ALLELUIA.Cantate Domino canticum novum;laus eius in ecclesia sanctorum.
2 Laetetur Israel in eo, qui fecit eum,et filii Sion exsultent in rege suo.
3 Laudent nomen eius in choro,in tympano et cithara psallant ei,
4 quia beneplacitum est Domino in populo suo,et honorabit mansuetos in salute.
5 Iubilent sancti in gloria,laetentur in cubilibus suis.
6 Exaltationes Dei in gutture eorum,et gladii ancipites in manibus eorum,
7 ad faciendam vindictam in nationibus,castigationes in populis,
8 ad alligandos reges eorum in compedibuset nobiles eorum in manicis ferreis,
9 ad faciendum in eis iudicium conscriptum.
Gloria haec est omnibus sanctis eius. ALLELUIA.
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