Tuesday, July 30, 2024

reflection -- 30 July 2024 -- psalm 79

The readings at Mass this AM included some of psalm 79.  The psalmist, praying to God says:

Let the prisoners' sighing come before you;
with your great power free those doomed to death.
Then we, your people and the sheep of your pasture,
will give thanks to you forever;
through all generations we will declare your praise.

It is good to remember that we are all born, even conceived, in the grip of the devil.  Psalm 51 prays:

Behold, I was born in guilt, 
in sin my mother conceived me.
So, in Ps 79, all of us are the "prisoners sighing before you."  and as a consequence of the sin of Adam, we are all doomed to die.

And God comes to us in the Person of Jesus, and rising from the dead on Easter, by his great power, frees us.

And we, the sheep of His flock, give thanks to Him forever.  The great cloud of witnesses in heaven sing his praises Eternally, and we who are working out our salvation with fear and trembling offer a sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving every day at Mass.



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