This morning (8 Oct 2024; Tuesday of the 27th week in ordinary time), while praying morning prayer from the Liturgy of The Hours, I was struck by a passage from Ps 85:
Show us, LORD, your mercy;
grant us your salvation.
The Liturgy of the Hours has:
Let us see, Oh Lord, your mercyand give us your saving help.
The Mercy of God is Jesus. As the Hail Holy Queen says of his mother:
Mother of Mercy
He is God come in the Flesh, the Word of God, who became flesh and dwelt among us, God present in the world, the marriage of God and man.
He was shown to Mary and Joseph at the Nativity, to the shepherds, to the Magi, and to Simeon and Anna.
Then we can recall that St Peter says of Jesus earthly ministry in the house of Cornelius:
He went about doing good and healing all those oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.
It is evident from this that Jesus was giving his saving help, and this passage from Ps 85 "Let us see, Oh Lord, your mercy and give us your saving help." has been fulfilled.
