The psalmist recalls that God has chosen Jerusalem-Zion as the capital of his people and the mother of the nations.
① 1He himself has built it in his holy mountain;
2the Lord prefers the gates of Zion
to all of Jacob’s towns.
3Great things have been foretold
of you, O city of God:
4Between friends we speak of Egypt and Babylon;
and also Philistia, Tyre, Ethiopia:
“Here so-and-so was born.”
5But of Zion it shall be said,
“More and more are being born in her.”
For the Most High himself has founded her.
6And the Lord notes in the people’s register:
“All these were also born in Zion.”
7And all will dance and sing
joyfully for you.
- Here so-and-so was born. God passes in review the people of all races and inscribes them in his book as true children of his holy city. But of Zion it shall be said: She is the mother. The new Jerusalem is the Church, the mother of all. Mary, mother of the Savior, is the image of the Church; she is also the mother of all the faithful.
We should not say that the people of every religion belong to the Church without knowing it. Only at the end of history, the Church will be at the center of all the problems of humanity. It is only in the after-Church that all will take part in the song and dance.
