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SUMMARY:Easter Friday
DESCRIPTION:PRAISE THE LORD \nFrom a sermon by St Augustine6 \n◊◊◊ \nSince it is the will of our Lord that we should see you during the time the \nAlleluia is sung\, we feel that we ought to say a word to you about the Alleluia. I \ntrust I shall not bore you by reminding you of something you already know\, for \nwe delight in singing the alleluia every day. As you know\, Alleluia in our \nlanguage means “praise the Lord.” By this word we encourage one another to \npraise the Lord with one voice and one heart. Only that person can rightfully \npraise Him who is free from all that could displease Him. During this time of \nour earthly pilgrimage we sing the Alleluia for our solace on the journey. Now \nthe Alleluia is our pilgrim’s song on the way to the resting place of our true \ncountry\, where all our striving must be left behind and only the song of Alleluia \nwill endure. \nWhat great happiness the virtue of hope engenders in us! But what will \nthe realization itself be like? We hunger and we thirst and it is necessary that \nwe have our fill. Yet now on the pilgrimage there is famine and only in the \nheavenly home will there be plenty. When\, then\, are we to be satisfied? “I shall \nbe satisfied when your glory shall appear.” But now the glory of our God\, the \nglory of our Christ is hidden\, and along with it our glory\, too\, lies concealed. But \n“when Christ shall appear\, who is your life\, then you also shall appear with \nhim in glory.” Then the Alleluia will be a thing of reality; now it is simply a \nmatter of hope. Now it is hope that sings Alleluia\, and love also\, of course. Then \nit will be love\, too\, that will sing Alleluia\, however a love that will know \nfulfillment\, whereas now it is a love that remains unsatisfied. \nWhat is the Alleluia\, my brothers and sisters? I have already told you that \nit is the praise of God. Now when you hear the word\, you take delight in its very \nsound\, and in this delight you are already rendering homage. If now you love \nthe drop of dew\, how much more will you love the rushing fountain itself? If \nfaith now prompts us to render praise\, how much more will the vision of the \nreality intensify our praise? \nSince in the life to come we shall lack nothing\, for that very reason we \nshall be happy. We shall be fully satisfied – but with God. He will take the place \nof all that we so ardently desired here on earth. Do you now have a craving for \nfood? God will be your food in the life to come. Do you now yearn for fleshly \ncaresses? “But it is good for me to adhere to my God.” Is your heart set on riches \nhere? How will it be possible for you to lack anything when you are going to \npossess Him who is the Creator of everything? To strengthen your assurance\, \nlet me quote the words of the apostle\, who says of the future life: “That God may \nbe all in all. \n  \n6 Selected Easter Sermons of Saint Augustine. Commentary by Philip T. Weller. B. Herder Book Co. St. Louis\, MO. \n1959. p. 127.13 \n  \n 
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