Surely, I wait for the LORD; who bends down to me and hears my cry, Psalms 40:2 NABRE This psalm is a joyous song of David when he has returned to full health. It is a special new song describing David’s unrelenting faith which he renewed and refreshed. The early…
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Joel 2:12 – March 4, 2020
Yet even now-oracle of the LORD-return to me with your whole heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning. Joel 2:12 NABRE The prophet is warning the people the day of the Lord is coming, the Lord will come in judgement and everyone must be ready. This chapter opens with imagery to…
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For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, my thoughts higher than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:9 NABRE This chapter from the prophet Isaiah is a call to conversion, a call to take advantage of the salvific gifts offered; we hear God…
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Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the land. Matthew 5:5 NABRE Jesus is teaching what has been referred to as the “Sermon on the Mount.” He wants His disciples to know the way to the best life. He starts with a teaching called the “beatitudes,” meaning blessings or…
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But you have given my heart more joy than they have when grain and wine abound. Psalms 4:8 NABRE This is a psalm in which David seems to be trying to allude those out to capture him, particularly Absalom. The previous psalm David calls to God for salvation as he…
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