“In the Book of Psalms there is profit for all, with healing
power for our salvation. There is instruction from history, teaching from the
law, prediction from prophecy, chastisement from denunciation, persuasion from
moral preaching. All who read it may find the cure for their own individual
failings. All with eyes to see can discover in it a complete gymnasium for the
soul, a stadium for all the virtues, equipped for every kind of exercise; it is
for each to choose the kind he judges best to help him gain the prize” (From
Ambrose of Milan’s Commentary an Psalm 1:4,8)
KXCers, I’m really looking forward to the Lord’s Service
tomorrow morning. We have the privilege of putting the invisible “tattoo” of
the New Covenant on Eleanor Monnette, and you will have the privilege of
testifying of God’s love for her with your, “To you, little child…” Then in the
sermon we will consider how a well-crafted liturgy not only preaches the Gospel
every week, but actually trains us to
live in accordance with it. We will see how, much like Ambrose said of the
psalms, the liturgy is a “gymnasium for the soul." I’ll see you on Mt. Zion.
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