Saint Vincent, deacon, Martyr
January 22nd, 2010
Psalm 57.
Have mercy on me, God, have mercy.
Be merciful to me, O God; be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge,
in the shadow of your wings I take refuge, until the destroying storms pass by.
Be exalted, O God, above the heavens.
Let your glory be over all the earth.
For your steadfast love is as high as the heavens,
Your faithfulness extends to the clouds.
The Psalm is an individual lament, petition and complaint.
The psalmist focuses on God’s steadfast love and fidelity to his faithful people.
Prayer
Prayer : Lord as you give us the body and blood of your Son, Guide us with your Spirit, that we may honour you not only with our lips, but also with the lives we lead, and so enter into your kingdom.
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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).
