Psalms — Chapter 145

LAUDA ANIMA MEA DOMINUM. Lapide: Psalm 145 — "Praise the Lord, O my soul, in my life I will praise the Lord: I will sing to my God as long as I shall be." Lapide: "in vita mea" — THROUGHOUT MY LIFE, not merely in moments of consolation. The commitment to perpetual praise as the animating principle of the Christian life. Lapide: "donec fuero" (as long as I shall be) — even beyond death, in eternal life, the praise continues and is perfected.