18 January 2025
The Church indeed likes what is old, not because
it is old but rather because it is ‘young.’ In the Psalms, we drink divine
praise at its pure and stainless source, in all its primitive sincerity and
perfection. We return the youthful strength and directness with which the
ancient psalmists voiced their adoration of the God of Israel. Their adoration
was intensified by the ineffable accents of new discovery: for the Psalms are
the songs of men who knew who God was. If we are to pray well, we too must
discover the Lord to whom we speak, and if we use the Psalms in our prayer we
will stand a better chance of sharing in the discovery which lies hidden in their
words for all generations.
Thomas
Merton
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