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<blockquote>“Do you hear what they are saying? Yes; and have you never read the text, ‘Out of the mouths of infants and nurslings you have brought forth praise’?”'' ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/21?16 Mt 21:16])</blockquote> | |||
Jesus, as he so often did with "the wise and the learned," sent them back to their own Scripture (aka, go read it again, smarty), in this case to [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/psalms/8?2 Psalm 8:2-3]:<blockquote> | |||
O LORD, our Lord,<br> | |||
how awesome is your name through all the earth!<br> | |||
I will sing of your majesty above the heavens with the mouths of babes and infants.</blockquote> | |||
Even the "babes and infants" cry out the Lord's majesty! Of course they do -- they look upon the world in wonder and, to use one of my favorite terms from Scripture, "amazement."<ref>Here for occurrences in the NABRE of "amaze"(which includes amazed and amazement): [https://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=amaze&version=NABRE BibleGateway - Keyword Search: amaze]</ref> | |||
"Babes and infants" have little capacity for reason. They do depend, entirely, upon their mother and father, as should children. So we have another clue in this aspect. | "Babes and infants" have little capacity for reason. They do depend, entirely, upon their mother and father, as should children. So we have another clue in this aspect. | ||