Mystery of the day: Sorrowful
"The LORD is close to the broken-hearted; those whose spirit is crushed he will save. The LORD ransoms the souls of his servants. All who trust in him shall not be condemned."
(Psalm 34: 19 & 23)
There is no better news than the proclamation by the Psalmist in the last verse of today's psalm when he said:
The LORD is close to the broken-hearted; those whose spirit is crushed he will save. The LORD ransoms the souls of his servants. All who trust in him shall not be condemned."
(Psalm 34: 19 & 23)
This is the summary of the anticipated moment we are eager to behold - the Christmastide. The season where man's salvific history was re-written with the birth of our Lord. The psalmist here reechoed the salvific mission of the Lord, that when He comes He will heal the broken hearted. He will save the downtrodden, and gives comfort to the distressed.
The coming of our Lord as the Word incarnate expresses God's unfathomable love for humanity. It underscores the loving-kindness of God to man notwithstanding his deficiencies.
It is in the light of this joyful waiting that we are all invited to repent and believe in the gospel; and not as the son who promised the father that he will go, and later he did not. (cf. Matthew 21:28-32). Let us not be carried away with the identity which people recognised us with, that is "Christians"; rather let our thoughts, words and actions speak volume of our personality as true Christians.
Peace, be with you!
Let us pray
O God, who through your Only Begotten Son have made us a new creation, look kindly, we pray, on the handiwork of your mercy, and at your Son’s coming cleanse us from every stain of the old way of life. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns, God forever and ever. Amen
© The ARCHIVE 13122022
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