The joy of the Church in the glorious Ascension of Christ; and in His universal sovereignty, which all the world will ultimately acknowledge.
PSALM xlviii. Magnus Dominus
Whitsun Day, morning (Prayer Book)
The joy of the Church in her ideal beauty and her steadfastness; and her sure hope of ultimate victory over all the powers of this world.
[The Psalm should be compared both with the promise of Christ in Matt. xvi. 18 and the picture of the perfected Church in Rev. xxi., xxii.]
PSALM xlix. Audite hæc, omnes
The Church's meditation upon the vanity of human riches and greatness in view of death; the need of man's redemption through Christ alone (vv. 7, 8); the certainty of the resurrection of the faithful through the Resurrection of Christ.
PSALM 1. Deus deorum
The second advent of Christ as the final Judge of the world, and especially of His Church.
PSALM li. Miserere mei, Deus