20 August 2024
A psalm is a city of refuge from the demons; a means of inducing help
from the angels, a weapon in fears by night, a rest from the toils of the day,
a safeguard for infants, an adornment for those at the height of their vigour,
a consolation for the elders, a most fitting ornament for women. It peoples the
solitudes; it rids the market places of excesses; it is the elementary
exposition of beginners, the improvement of those advancing, the solid support
of the perfect, the voice of the Church. It brightens feast days; it creates a
sorrow which is in accordance with God. For, a psalm calls forth a tear even
from a heart of stone. A psalm is the work of angels, a heavenly institution,
the spiritual incense.
St. Basil the Great
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