The Old Testament and New Testaments agree; Angels: Day 162

In the two Seraphim Isaiah saw in the heavenly court, St. Augustine sees a symbol of the two Testaments of Scripture—both of them singing “Holy,  holy, holy” in perfect tune.

Hear this as well: “Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth” (Ps. 50:2). The psalm clearly agrees with the Gospel, which says, “to all na- tions, beginning from Jerusalem” (Luke 24:47).

“Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty” means that the beauty of his gospel begins there. From there he began to be preached, beautiful in form beyond all humanity. That agrees with the words of the Lord, who says, “beginning from Jerusalem.” New things are in tune with old, and old things are in tune with new. The two Seraphim say to one another, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts” (Isa.

6:3). The two Testaments (Old and New) are both in tune, and the two Testaments have one voice. Let the voice of the Testaments be heard—not the voice of disinherited pretenders. –St. Augustine, Exposition on Psalm 50, 4

IN GOD’S PRESENCE, CONSIDER . . .

Am I sensitive to the role the angels have played through all the history of salvation, in the Old Testament and the New Testament?

CLOSING PRAYER

Lord, bless me and keep me, and help me to receive your word as it is delivered by the angels— as Moses did, as the prophets did, as John the seer did.

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