The performance of praise by the church has therefore always revolved around the celebration of Holy Communion. There we adore our holy God together with the angels. There Jesus becomes involved with us physically by giving Himself bodily to us. There we rejoice in His embodied presence with us and our real presence with God the Father through Him. There in faith we may approach the Father bodily together with Jesus, since both our hearts and our bodies are cleansed from all impurity (Heb. 10:22). How else could we celebrate that wonderful event than with a song of praise? -- John Kleinig, *What's the Use of Praising God?" p. 13
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