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Friday of the Fifth week in Ordinary Time

Commentary of the day
Saint Augustine (354-430), Bishop of Hippo (North Africa) and Doctor of the Church
Discourse on the psalms, 4th on psalm 103[104], §17

"They said, 'He has done all things well. He makes the deaf hear and (the) mute speak.'"

“I will sing to the Lord all my life” (Ps 103[104]:33). What is the psalmist singing about? He is singing of all that God is. Let us sing the glory of the Lord all our life long. Our present life is only hope; our future life will be eternity. The life of this mortal life is the hope of immortal life: “I will sing to the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God while I live.” And because I shall live in him without end, so long as I live I shall sing to my God.

When we have begun to sing to the Lord in the heavenly city don’t let us imagine we are to do anything else there; our whole life will then be to sing the glory of God. If here below the object of our praise bores us, our songs of praise can do so too. But if we love him eternally, we shall also praise him eternally: “I will sing for my God while I live!”