The voices flowed into mine ears, and the Truth distilled into my heart.

Excerpt

How did I weep, in Thy Hymns and Canticles, touched to the quick by the voices of Thy sweet-attuned Church! The voices flowed into mine ears, and the Truth distilled into my heart, whence the affections of my devotion overflowed, and tears ran down, and happy was I therein.

Source Confessions, Book Ix, §12 · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to Saint Augustine, at the time of his baptism, the Church’s songs overwhelmed him: their sweetness brought God’s truth into his heart and made happy tears flow. Today, truly listen to a song or a piece of music that lifts you up, doing nothing else, and let it touch your heart.

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