Idolatry - Week 1: Saturday

Psalm 113:12-17

The idols of the nations are silver and gold, The work of men's hands; They have a mouth, but they shall not speak; They have eyes, but they shall not see; They have ears, but they shall not hear; They have noses, but they shall not smell; They have hands, but they shall not feel; They have feet, but they shall not walk; They shall make no sound with their throats. May those who make them become like them, And all who trust in them. The house of Israel hoped in the Lord; He is their help and their protector.

Commentary

St. Augustine of Hippo

The peoples who worshipped the stone idols, became stones like the things they worshipped. Worshipping the senseless image, they, themselves, came to be senseless. If the idol-worshippers, foolishly worshipping irrational things, have become irrational like them; We, on the other hand, worshipping the living Creator, the whole wisdom, understanding, love, and mercy, intend to be like Him,. ... Man likens what he worships.