To see your power and your glory, so as I have seen you in the sanctuary.
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Augustine of Hippo
AD 430
3. "My soul hath thirsted for Thee" (ver. 2). Behold that desert of Idumaea. See how here he thirsteth: but see what good thing is here, "Hath thirsted for Thee." For there are they that thirst, but not for God. For every one that willeth anything to be granted to him, is in the heat of longing; the longing itself is the thirst of the soul. And see ye what longings there are in the hearts of men: one longeth for gold, another longeth for silver, another longeth for possessions, another inheritance, another abundance of money, another many herds, another a wife, another honours, another sons. Ye see those longings, how they are in the hearts of men. All men are inflamed with longing, and scarce is found one to say, "My soul hath thirsted for Thee." For men thirst for the world: and perceive not themselves to be in the desert of Idumaea, where their souls ought to thirst for God. ...
4. Wisdom therefore must be thirsted after, righteousness must be thirsted after. With it we shall not...
Land. "O solitude "cries out St. Ephrem, "ladder of heaven, mother of compunction. And piety, thou art the guardian of the eyes "
Glory. The ark, (Calmet) or Jesus Christ, the desired of all nations. (St. Jerome) (Haydock)
I have attended thy worship in spirit, not being able to be present at Jerusalem. (Calmet) (Menochius) (Worthington)
Thus people, who cannot hear mass, ought to act. (Haydock)
