Responsorial Psalm (Psalm 22)
R. I will praise you, Lord, in the assembly of your people.
I will fulfill my vows before those who fear him. The lowly shall eat their fill; they who seek the LORD shall praise him: “May your hearts be ever merry!”
R. I will praise you, Lord, in the assembly of your people.
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/110524.cfm
On a day when many hearts are filled with anxiety concerning the elections in the United States, the scriptures remind us that God has a plan beyond anything we can imagine: God will raise up the Crucified and give Him the Name above every other name; the hungry will be filled with every good thing; our hearts will be merry; and we will praise the Lord in the great assembly. As Psalm 30 reminds us: Weeping may linger for the night, but joy comes with the morning.
These reflections are a result of more than 40 years of ministry as a Roman Catholic priest. Most of these years I spent in the Diocese of Charlotte which covers Western North Carolina. Now I am retired, and live in Medellín, Colombia where I continue to serve as a priest in the Archdiocese of Medellín.
Tuesday, Week XXXI, Ordinary Time (Election Day, USA)
