Quotemeal for Friday, August 15, 2008

"I wept at the beauty of your hymns and canticles, and was powerfully moved at the sweet sound of your Church singing. These sounds flowed into my ears, and the truth streamed into my heart."

— St. Augustine of Canterbury

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