by Lynne Marie | Mar 17, 2025 | Daily Reflections
The Responsorial Psalm is an admission that we are always “falling short” of the (divine) level of life to which we are called: “Lord, do not deal with us as our sins deserve” (PSALM 79). Daniel 9: 4-10 shows us why we fall short: “I prayed to the LORD my God and made...
by Lynne Marie | Mar 16, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Inventory How much do I think about the event of Christ’s death and resurrection? Do I consciously base my whole life on the difference that event has made? The Entrance Antiphon asks: “Remember your mercies, Lord, your tenderness from ages past.” Do I use my...
by Lynne Marie | Mar 15, 2025 | Daily Reflections
The Responsorial Psalm assures us “Happy are they who follow the law of the Lord” (PSALM 119). Deuteronomy 26: 16-19 makes this a promise: “Provided you keep all his commandments, God will then raise you high in praise and renown and glory above all other...
by Lynne Marie | Mar 14, 2025 | Daily Reflections
The Responsorial Psalm opens us to a deeper dimension of right and wrong: “If you, O Lord, laid bare our guilt, who could endure it?” (PSALM 130). If we really knew the level of life to which God calls us — really saw in detail what we ought to be doing — would...
by Lynne Marie | Mar 13, 2025 | Daily Reflections
The Responsorial Psalm gives us confidence in dealing with God: “O Lord, on the day I called for help you answered me!” (PSALM 138). Esther chapter C (after chapter 4), verses 12, 14-16, 23-25 shows us Esther risking her life on the basis of what she “used to...
by Lynne Marie | Mar 12, 2025 | Daily Reflections
The Responsorial Psalm tells us the kind of conversion that gives us confidence: “A broken, humbled heart, O God, you will not scorn” (PSALM 51). If we convert to being authentic disciples of Jesus, will things really get better in this world? Will it make a...
