“The soul has to depart from the tortuousness of this life and the defilements of the earthly body. It must hasten to those heavenly gatherings, although it is granted to the saints alone to reach them. There it shall sing praise to God. For in the lesson taken from the prophet we hear of those singing praise to God to…”
Ambrose of Milan, 4th c. — On the Death of Satyrus 2.132
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2O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
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1Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed.
— Psalms 65:2 —
3Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.
4Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.