It was the little living Nightingale, who, sitting outside on a bough, had heard the need of her Emperor and had come to sing to him of comfort and hope.
Now I will sing to you again; but you must promise me one thing '
You must
sing to me with your breast against a thorn.
The princess, hearing that Varenka had a good voice, asked her to come and
sing to them in the evening.
The aim of World Singing Day is not only to sing, but to sing together and to
sing to others.
Let us
sing to him a new song, play skilfully on the strings, with loud shouts" (Ps.33).
Sing to the Prophets, Apostles and Kings, to Our Lord.
If you watch infants and children, you will find that they
sing to themselves all the time.
Second, the psalmist tells us that we are to
sing to God.
Usually, when birds
sing to each other, both teacher and student participate, making it difficult for observers to determine who is doing what.
The psalmist, Jeremiah, Paul, and John the Baptizer all stand before us as examples of people who listen to God
sing to the cosmos and then sing that song to others.
After all, we don't need to listen too attentively to the beat of the songs we
sing to hear an echo of our own pulse, the rhythm of our breathing, or the cadence of our footfall.
The psalmist and the faithful
sing to God prayerful verses filled with hope and anticipation.