2nd Sunday of the year
January 17th, 2010
Declare the marvellous works of the Lord among all the peoples.
O sing to the Lord a new song:
Sing to the Lord, all the earth.
Sing to the Lord, bless his name:
Tell of his salvation day after day.
Declare his glory among the nations,
His marvellous works among all the peoples,
For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised:
He is to be revered above all Gods.
The psalm is an enthronement hymn. There is the missionary feature. All families of nations are commanded to glorify God in the temple.
This psalm emphasis the supremacy of God as “Lord of all the earth” and the joy his reign brings
Prayer
Prayer; May all the earth give you worship and praise, and break into song to your name, O God, Most High.
Psalm 96
Prayer. Lord, we know and believe in your love for us.
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Just a Thought
Hope
John XXIII, referred to as the ‘caretaker Pope’, realising the widening gap between the Church and the world of his day, wrote: “An old world is disappearing. Another one is being formed, and with this I am trying to conceal some good seed or other that will have its springtime, even if it is somewhat delayed, and comes after I’m dead.”
Thomas Merton writes: “One must not give in to defeatism and despair: just as one must hope for life in a mortal illness which has been declared incurable.”
Even when dark clouds surround us, even when everything appears to be falling apart, we must continue to believe for a better future. Whatever the problem, there is a way forward.
So, my hope is in God alone because I believe in him; this is my faith. It is in him I put my faith and that faith, my belief in God’s love for me and all his creation, is the bedrock in which like an anchor, I put my hope. Together with that hope and faith is my love and fidelity in responding to that God in whom I live and move and have my being. In him I place my hope.
“Hold fast to the hope that lies before us. This we have as an anchor of the soul” (Heb 6:15-19).
