Aug 22, 2023
ʺCome, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixedʺ (Prov 9:5). Do you find joy in the songs that charm the hearers sitting at the tables? Listen to the voice of the Church that urges us in more than a song saying; ʺEat, O friends, drink, yes, drink deeply, O beloved ones!ʺ (Song of Sol 5:1) ‘However, this drunkenness makes people reasonable: it is the gift and grace of God and not a disturbance to the mind.
St. Ambrose