ome, my brothers and sisters, let us sing. Not for our delights, as we rest, but to cheer us in our labor. As pilgrims on the way, sing in hope, but keep on marching.

Are we making progress in good works, in true faith, in right living? We are in the right way. So don't rest for the sake of singing, but sing and march in the hope of eternal rest.

Prayer. As long as we are here, let us ask God not to deprive us of our prayer and his mercy, so that we may pray with perseverance and he may have mercy with perseverance.

From John E. Rotelle, O.S.A., Augustine Day by Day: Minute Meditations for Every Day Taken from the Writings of Saint Augustine. Catholic Book Publishing Co. New York, 1986.

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