My heart has said to you: I have sought your face; your face, O Lord, I will seek again (Ps 26:8). One thing I have asked of the Lord; this I will seek: your face. Do not turn your face away from me. See how he has fixed on that one petition! Do you want to receive it? Dont ask for anything else. Be content with that one thing, because one thing is enough for you. My heart said to you: I have sought your face; your face, O Lord, I will seek again. Do not turn your face away from me; do not turn away in anger from your servant. Magnificently said! Nothing more worthy of God can be said! They feel this who truly love. (Augustine, Enar. in Ps 26-2, 16; PL 36, 207)

Rev. Joseph A. Komonchak, professor emeritus of the School of Theology and Religious Studies at the Catholic University of America, is a retired priest of the Archdiocese of New York.

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