Thursday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time
Lectionary: 458
Lectionary: 458
The whole people gathered as one in the open space before the Water Gate,
and they called upon Ezra the scribe
to bring forth the book of the law of Moses
which the LORD prescribed for Israel.
On the first day of the seventh month, therefore,
Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly,
which consisted of men, women,
and those children old enough to understand.
Standing at one end of the open place that was before the Water Gate,
he read out of the book from daybreak until midday,
in the presence of the men, the women,
and those children old enough to understand;
and all the people listened attentively to the book of the law.
Ezra the scribe stood on a wooden platform
that had been made for the occasion.
He opened the scroll
so that all the people might see it
(for he was standing higher up than any of the people);
and, as he opened it, all the people rose.
Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God,
and all the people, their hands raised high, answered,
"Amen, amen!"
Then they bowed down and prostrated themselves before the LORD,
their faces to the ground.
As the people remained in their places,
Ezra read plainly from the book of the law of God,
interpreting it so that all could understand what was read.
Then Nehemiah, that is, His Excellency, and Ezra the priest-scribe
and the Levites who were instructing the people
said to all the people:
"Today is holy to the LORD your God.
Do not be sad, and do not weep"–
for all the people were weeping as they heard the words of the law.
He said further: "Go, eat rich foods and drink sweet drinks,
and allot portions to those who had nothing prepared;
for today is holy to our LORD.
Do not be saddened this day,
for rejoicing in the LORD must be your strength!"
And the Levites quieted all the people, saying,
"Hush, for today is holy, and you must not be saddened."
Then all the people went to eat and drink,
to distribute portions, and to celebrate with great joy,
for they understood the words that had been expounded to them.
and they called upon Ezra the scribe
to bring forth the book of the law of Moses
which the LORD prescribed for Israel.
On the first day of the seventh month, therefore,
Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly,
which consisted of men, women,
and those children old enough to understand.
Standing at one end of the open place that was before the Water Gate,
he read out of the book from daybreak until midday,
in the presence of the men, the women,
and those children old enough to understand;
and all the people listened attentively to the book of the law.
Ezra the scribe stood on a wooden platform
that had been made for the occasion.
He opened the scroll
so that all the people might see it
(for he was standing higher up than any of the people);
and, as he opened it, all the people rose.
Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God,
and all the people, their hands raised high, answered,
"Amen, amen!"
Then they bowed down and prostrated themselves before the LORD,
their faces to the ground.
As the people remained in their places,
Ezra read plainly from the book of the law of God,
interpreting it so that all could understand what was read.
Then Nehemiah, that is, His Excellency, and Ezra the priest-scribe
and the Levites who were instructing the people
said to all the people:
"Today is holy to the LORD your God.
Do not be sad, and do not weep"–
for all the people were weeping as they heard the words of the law.
He said further: "Go, eat rich foods and drink sweet drinks,
and allot portions to those who had nothing prepared;
for today is holy to our LORD.
Do not be saddened this day,
for rejoicing in the LORD must be your strength!"
And the Levites quieted all the people, saying,
"Hush, for today is holy, and you must not be saddened."
Then all the people went to eat and drink,
to distribute portions, and to celebrate with great joy,
for they understood the words that had been expounded to them.
Responsorial
PsalmPS 19:8, 9, 10, 11
R. (9ab) The
precepts of the Lord give joy to the heart.
The law of the LORD is perfect,
refreshing the soul;
The decree of the LORD is trustworthy,
giving wisdom to the simple.
R. The precepts of the Lord give joy to the heart.
The precepts of the LORD are right,
rejoicing the heart;
The command of the LORD is clear,
enlightening the eye;
R. The precepts of the Lord give joy to the heart.
The fear of the LORD is pure,
enduring forever;
The ordinances of the LORD are true,
all of them just.
R. The precepts of the Lord give joy to the heart.
They are more precious than gold,
than a heap of purest gold;
Sweeter also than syrup
or honey from the comb.
R. The precepts of the Lord give joy to the heart.
The law of the LORD is perfect,
refreshing the soul;
The decree of the LORD is trustworthy,
giving wisdom to the simple.
R. The precepts of the Lord give joy to the heart.
The precepts of the LORD are right,
rejoicing the heart;
The command of the LORD is clear,
enlightening the eye;
R. The precepts of the Lord give joy to the heart.
The fear of the LORD is pure,
enduring forever;
The ordinances of the LORD are true,
all of them just.
R. The precepts of the Lord give joy to the heart.
They are more precious than gold,
than a heap of purest gold;
Sweeter also than syrup
or honey from the comb.
R. The precepts of the Lord give joy to the heart.
AlleluiaMK 1:15
R. Alleluia,
alleluia.
The Kingdom of God is at hand;
repent and believe in the Gospel.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
The Kingdom of God is at hand;
repent and believe in the Gospel.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
GospelLK 10:1-12
Jesus appointed seventy-two other disciples
whom he sent ahead of him in pairs
to every town and place he intended to visit.
He said to them,
"The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;
so ask the master of the harvest
to send out laborers for his harvest.
Go on your way;
behold, I am sending you like lambs among wolves.
Carry no money bag, no sack, no sandals;
and greet no one along the way.
Into whatever house you enter, first say,
'Peace to this household.'
If a peaceful person lives there,
your peace will rest on him;
but if not, it will return to you.
Stay in the same house and eat and drink what is offered to you,
for the laborer deserves his payment.
Do not move about from one house to another.
Whatever town you enter and they welcome you,
eat what is set before you,
cure the sick in it and say to them,
'The Kingdom of God is at hand for you.'
Whatever town you enter and they do not receive you,
go out into the streets and say,
'The dust of your town that clings to our feet,
even that we shake off against you.'
Yet know this: the Kingdom of God is at hand.
I tell you,
it will be more tolerable for Sodom on that day than for that town."
whom he sent ahead of him in pairs
to every town and place he intended to visit.
He said to them,
"The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;
so ask the master of the harvest
to send out laborers for his harvest.
Go on your way;
behold, I am sending you like lambs among wolves.
Carry no money bag, no sack, no sandals;
and greet no one along the way.
Into whatever house you enter, first say,
'Peace to this household.'
If a peaceful person lives there,
your peace will rest on him;
but if not, it will return to you.
Stay in the same house and eat and drink what is offered to you,
for the laborer deserves his payment.
Do not move about from one house to another.
Whatever town you enter and they welcome you,
eat what is set before you,
cure the sick in it and say to them,
'The Kingdom of God is at hand for you.'
Whatever town you enter and they do not receive you,
go out into the streets and say,
'The dust of your town that clings to our feet,
even that we shake off against you.'
Yet know this: the Kingdom of God is at hand.
I tell you,
it will be more tolerable for Sodom on that day than for that town."
Meditation: "The kingdom of God has come near to you"
What
kind of harvest does the Lord want us to reap today for his kingdom? When Jesus
commissioned seventy of his disciples to go on mission, he gave them a vision
of a vast field that is ready to be harvested for the kingdom of God. Jesus
frequently used the image of a harvest to convey the coming of God's reign on
earth. The harvest is the fruition of much labor and growth - beginning with
the sowing of seeds, then growth to maturity, and finally the reaping of fruit
for the harvest.
God's
word grows like a seed within us
In like manner, the word of God is sown in the hearts of receptive men and women who hear his word, accept it with trust and obedience, and then share the abundant fruit of God's word in their life with others. The harvest Jesus had in mind was not only the gathering in of the people of Israel, but all the peoples (and nations) of the world. John the Evangelist tells us that "God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:16).
In like manner, the word of God is sown in the hearts of receptive men and women who hear his word, accept it with trust and obedience, and then share the abundant fruit of God's word in their life with others. The harvest Jesus had in mind was not only the gathering in of the people of Israel, but all the peoples (and nations) of the world. John the Evangelist tells us that "God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:16).
Be
a sower of God's word of peace and mercy
What does Jesus mean when he says his disciples must be "lambs in the midst of wolves"? The prophet Isaiah foretold a time when wolves and lambs will dwell in peace (Isaiah 11:6 and 65:25). This certainly refers to the second coming of the Lord Jesus when all will be united under the Lordship of Jesus after he has put down his enemies and established the reign of God over the heavens and the earth. In the meantime, the disciples must expect opposition and persecution from those who would oppose the Gospel. Jesus came to lay down his life for us, as our sacrificial lamb, to atone for our sins and the sins of the world. We, in turn, must be willing to offer our lives with gratitude and humble service for our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.
What does Jesus mean when he says his disciples must be "lambs in the midst of wolves"? The prophet Isaiah foretold a time when wolves and lambs will dwell in peace (Isaiah 11:6 and 65:25). This certainly refers to the second coming of the Lord Jesus when all will be united under the Lordship of Jesus after he has put down his enemies and established the reign of God over the heavens and the earth. In the meantime, the disciples must expect opposition and persecution from those who would oppose the Gospel. Jesus came to lay down his life for us, as our sacrificial lamb, to atone for our sins and the sins of the world. We, in turn, must be willing to offer our lives with gratitude and humble service for our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.
We
are called to speak and witness in God's name
What is the significance of Jesus appointing seventy disciples to the ministry of the word? Seventy was a significant number in biblical times. Moses chose seventy elders to help him in the task of leading the people through the wilderness. The Jewish Sanhedrin, the governing council for the nation of Israel, was composed of seventy members. In Jesus' times seventy was held to be the number of nations throughout the world. Jesus commissioned the seventy to a two-fold task - to speak in his name and to act with his power.
What is the significance of Jesus appointing seventy disciples to the ministry of the word? Seventy was a significant number in biblical times. Moses chose seventy elders to help him in the task of leading the people through the wilderness. The Jewish Sanhedrin, the governing council for the nation of Israel, was composed of seventy members. In Jesus' times seventy was held to be the number of nations throughout the world. Jesus commissioned the seventy to a two-fold task - to speak in his name and to act with his power.
Jesus
gave his disciples instructions for how they were to carry out their ministry.
They must go and serve as people without guile, full of charity (selfless
giving in love) and peace, and simplicity. They must give their full attention
to the proclamation of God's kingdom and not be diverted by other lesser
things. They must travel light - only take what was essential and leave
behind whatever would distract them - in order to concentrate on the task of
speaking the word of the God. They must do their work, not for what they can
get out of it, but for what they can give freely to others, without expecting
reward or payment. "Poverty of spirit" frees us from greed and
preoccupation with possessions and makes ample room for God’s provision. The
Lord Jesus wants his disciples to be dependent on him and not on themselves.
God
gives us his life-giving word that we may have abundant life in him. He wills
to work in and through each of us for his glory. God shares his word with us
and he commissions us to speak it boldly and plainly to others. Do you witness
the truth and joy of the Gospel by word and example to those around you?
"Lord
Jesus, may the joy and truth of the Gospel transform my life that I may witness
it to those around me. Grant that I may spread your truth and merciful love
wherever I go."
Daily
Quote from the early church fathers: Jesus the Good Shepherd changes wolves
into sheep, by Cyril of Alexandria (376-444 AD)
"How
then does [Jesus] command the holy apostles, who are innocent men and 'sheep,'
to seek the company of wolves, and go to them of their own will? Is not the
danger apparent? Are they not set up as ready prey for their attacks? How can a
sheep prevail over a wolf? How can one so peaceful conquer the savageness of
beasts of prey? 'Yes,' he says, 'for they all have me as their Shepherd: small
and great, people and princes, teachers and students. I will be with you, help
you, and deliver you from all evil. I will tame the savage beasts. I will
change wolves into sheep, and I will make the persecutors become the helpers of
the persecuted. I will make those who wrong my ministers to be sharers in their
pious designs. I make and unmake all things, and nothing can resist my
will.'" (excerpt from COMMENTARY ON LUKE, HOMILY 61)
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, LUKE 10:1-12
Weekday
(Nehemiah 8:1-4a, 5-6, 7b-12; Psalm 19)
Weekday
(Nehemiah 8:1-4a, 5-6, 7b-12; Psalm 19)
KEY VERSE: "The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few" (v. 2).
TO KNOW: We are a missionary church sent by Jesus Christ to announce his message of mercy and peace. Jesus sent his Twelve Apostles into a hostile world to proclaim the coming of God's reign. Then he sent forth a larger group of disciples. The number 72 (six times twelve) corresponds to all the nations listed in Genesis 10. These laborers were sent to prepare the soil for the abundant harvest that would come. They represented Christ in every home they entered and deserved the support of those who benefited from their proclamation of the Gospel. Jesus warned the disciples that they would be like helpless sheep exposed to prey; therefore, they must depend upon God's providence and protection. As Jesus' messengers, they had an obligation to warn the people to repent since God's reign was close at hand. Severe judgment was in store for those who rejected this call to change their lives. The cities of Chorazin and Bethsaida would be no better off than Sodom, which was destroyed because of their wickedness. And Capernaum, Jesus’ headquarters in Galilee, had learned nothing from the message of the Messiah. The Gentile cities of Tyre and Sidon were better able to read the signs that they overlooked.
TO LOVE: Do I give financial support to those who proclaim the Gospel?
TO SERVE: Lord Jesus, strengthen and protect your servants who labor for the gospel throughout the world.
Thursday 3 October 2019
Nehemiah 8:1-12. Psalm 18(19):8-11. Luke 10:1-12.
The precepts of the Lord give joy to the heart – Psalm
18(19):8-11
‘The Law of the Lord is perfect, it revives the soul’
The Psalm today is truly beautiful and uplifting. The psalmist
uses imagery that is so vivid and so heartening. The joy of faith is
communicated so clearly and strikingly. It does not say it is easy to follow
God, but the rewards are so worthwhile. The faith that inspires such beauty of
image and idea is one that we can all aspire to. I encourage you to read the
psalm in its entirety and to make the final line your mantra for today.
‘May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be
pleasing in your sight, lord my rock and my redeemer’.
Saint Theodora Guérin
Saint of the Day for October 3
(October 2, 1798 – May 14, 1856)
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| Saint Theodora Guerin | Image courtesy and © Sisters of Providence, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods |
Saint Theodora Guérin’s Story
Trust in God’s Providence enabled Mother Theodore to leave her
homeland, sail halfway around the world, and found a new religious
congregation.
Born in Etables, France, Anne-Thérèse Guérin’s life was
shattered by her father’s murder when she was 15. For several years she cared
for her mother and younger sister. She entered the Sisters of Providence in
1823, taking the name Sister Saint Theodore. An illness during novitiate
left her with lifelong fragile health, but that did not keep her from becoming
an accomplished teacher.
At the invitation of the bishop of Vincennes, Indiana, Sr. Saint
Theodore and five sisters were sent to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana,
in 1840, to teach and to care for the sick poor. She was to establish a
motherhouse and novitiate. Only later did she learn that her French superiors
had already decided the sisters in the United States should form a new
religious congregation under her leadership.
Mother Theodore and her community persevered despite fires, crop
failures, prejudice against Catholic women religious, misunderstandings, and
separation from their original religious congregation. She once told her
sisters, “Have confidence in the Providence that so far has never failed us.
The way is not yet clear. Grope along slowly. Do not press matters; be patient,
be trustful.” Another time she asked, “With Jesus, what shall we have to fear?”
Mother Theodore was buried in the Church of the Immaculate
Conception, now the Shrine of St. Mother Theodore, in Saint Mary-of-the-Woods,
Indiana. She was beatified in 1998, and canonized as Saint Theodora Guérin
eight years later.
Reflection
God’s work gets done by people ready to take risks and to work
hard—always remembering what Saint Paul told the Corinthians, “I planted,
Apollos watered, but God caused the growth.” Every holy person has a strong
sense of God’s Providence.
Lectio: Luke 10:1-12
Lectio Divina
Thursday, October 3, 2019
Ordinary Time
1) Opening prayer
Father,
you show your almighty power
in your mercy and forgiveness.
Continue to fill us with your gifts of love.
Help us to hurry towards the eternal life your promise
and come to share in the joys of your kingdom.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
you show your almighty power
in your mercy and forgiveness.
Continue to fill us with your gifts of love.
Help us to hurry towards the eternal life your promise
and come to share in the joys of your kingdom.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
2) Gospel Reading - Luke 10:1-12
In those days the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent
them out ahead of Him in pairs to all the towns and places He himself would be
visiting.
H He said to them, 'The harvest is rich but the laborers are few, so ask the Lord of the harvest to send laborers to do his harvesting. Start off now, but look, I am sending you out like lambs among wolves. Take no purse with you, no haversack, no sandals. Salute no one on the road.
Whatever house you enter, let your first words be, "Peace to this house!" And if a man of peace lives there, your peace will go and rest on him; if not, it will come back to you. Stay in the same house, taking what food and drink they have to offer, for the laborer deserves his wages; do not move from house to house.
Whenever you go into a town where they make you welcome, eat what is put before you. Cure those in it who are sick, and say, "The kingdom of God is very near to you."
But whenever you enter a town and they do not make you welcome, go out into its streets and say, "We wipe off the very dust of your town that clings to our feet, and leave it with you. Yet be sure of this: the kingdom of God is very near." I tell you, on the great Day it will be more bearable for Sodom than for that town.’
H He said to them, 'The harvest is rich but the laborers are few, so ask the Lord of the harvest to send laborers to do his harvesting. Start off now, but look, I am sending you out like lambs among wolves. Take no purse with you, no haversack, no sandals. Salute no one on the road.
Whatever house you enter, let your first words be, "Peace to this house!" And if a man of peace lives there, your peace will go and rest on him; if not, it will come back to you. Stay in the same house, taking what food and drink they have to offer, for the laborer deserves his wages; do not move from house to house.
Whenever you go into a town where they make you welcome, eat what is put before you. Cure those in it who are sick, and say, "The kingdom of God is very near to you."
But whenever you enter a town and they do not make you welcome, go out into its streets and say, "We wipe off the very dust of your town that clings to our feet, and leave it with you. Yet be sure of this: the kingdom of God is very near." I tell you, on the great Day it will be more bearable for Sodom than for that town.’
3) Reflection
• Context: Chapter 10, which begins with this passage, presents
a characteristic of revelation. In 9, 51 it is said that Jesus “resolutely
turned his face toward Jerusalem”. This journey, an expression of his being
Son, is characterized by a two-fold action: He is closely united “to the fact
of being taken away” (v. 51), and his “coming” through the sending out of his
disciples (v. 52). There is a bond of union in the double movement: “to be
taken away from the world” to go toward the Father, and to be sent to men. In
fact, it happens that sometimes the one sent is not accepted (9, 52 and,
therefore, He has to learn how to be “delivered”, without allowing himself,
because of this, to be modified by the rejection of men (9, 54-55). Three brief
scenes make the reader understand the meaning of following Jesus who is going
to Jerusalem to be taken out of the world. In the first one, a man is presented
who desires to follow Jesus wherever He goes. Jesus invites him to abandon all
that he has - all that gives him well-being and security. Those who want to
follow Him have to share his destiny of a nomad life. In the second scene it is
Jesus who takes the initiative and He calls a man whose father has just died.
The man asks to delay in responding to the call in order to comply with the law
and to his duty to bury the parents. The urgency of announcing the Kingdom
exceeds this duty. The concern of burying the dead is useless because Jesus
goes beyond the doors[1]
of death and He fulfils this even for those who follow him. In the third scene,
a man is presented who offers himself spontaneously to follow Jesus but He
places a condition: to bid farewell to his parents. To enter into the Kingdom
one does not delay. After this three-fold renunciation, the expression of Luke
9, 60, “Once the hand is laid on the plough, no one who looks back is fit for
the Kingdom of God”, introduces the theme of chapter 10.
• The dynamic of the account. The passage which is the object of our meditation begins with somewhat dense expressions. The first one, “After these things, it sends us back to the prayer of Jesus and to his firm decision to go to Jerusalem. The second one concerns the verb “appointed”: He appointed seventy-two others and sent them out...” (10, 1). Where it is said concretely that He sent them ahead of him, it is the same resolute Jesus who is journeying to Jerusalem. The recommendations that He addresses to them before sending them are an invitation to be aware of the reality to which they are sent: abundant harvest in contrast to the few laborers. The Lord of the harvest arrives with all his force but the joy of that arrival is hindered by the reduced number of laborers. Therefore, the categorical invitation to prayer: “Ask the Lord of the harvest to send laborers to do his harvesting” (v. 2). The initiative of sending out on mission is the competence of the Father but Jesus transmits the order: ”Start off now” and then He indicates the ways of following (vv. 4-11). He begins with the luggage: no purse, no sack nor sandals. These are elements that show the fragility of the one who is sent and his dependence on the help that they receive from the Lord and from the people of the city. The positive prescriptions are synthesized first in arriving to a house (vv. 5-7) and then in the success in the city (VV. 8-11). In both cases, the refusal is not excluded. The house is the first place where the missionaries have the first exchanges, the first relationships, valuing the human gestures of eating and drinking and of resting as simple and ordinary mediations to communicate the Gospel. “Peace” is the gift that precedes their mission, that is to say, fullness of life and of relationships; the true and real joy of the arrival of the Kingdom. It is not necessary to seek comfort and it is indispensable to be welcomed. Instead, the city becomes, the most extensive field of the mission. It is there that life, political activity, the possibility of conversion, acceptance, and rejection are developed. This last aspect is linked to the gesture of shaking off the dust (vv. 10-11). It is as if the disciples, in abandoning the city that has rejected them, would say to the people that they possess nothing as an expression of the end of the relationship. Finally, Jesus recalls the guilt of that city which will close itself to the proclamation of the Gospel (v. 12).
• The dynamic of the account. The passage which is the object of our meditation begins with somewhat dense expressions. The first one, “After these things, it sends us back to the prayer of Jesus and to his firm decision to go to Jerusalem. The second one concerns the verb “appointed”: He appointed seventy-two others and sent them out...” (10, 1). Where it is said concretely that He sent them ahead of him, it is the same resolute Jesus who is journeying to Jerusalem. The recommendations that He addresses to them before sending them are an invitation to be aware of the reality to which they are sent: abundant harvest in contrast to the few laborers. The Lord of the harvest arrives with all his force but the joy of that arrival is hindered by the reduced number of laborers. Therefore, the categorical invitation to prayer: “Ask the Lord of the harvest to send laborers to do his harvesting” (v. 2). The initiative of sending out on mission is the competence of the Father but Jesus transmits the order: ”Start off now” and then He indicates the ways of following (vv. 4-11). He begins with the luggage: no purse, no sack nor sandals. These are elements that show the fragility of the one who is sent and his dependence on the help that they receive from the Lord and from the people of the city. The positive prescriptions are synthesized first in arriving to a house (vv. 5-7) and then in the success in the city (VV. 8-11). In both cases, the refusal is not excluded. The house is the first place where the missionaries have the first exchanges, the first relationships, valuing the human gestures of eating and drinking and of resting as simple and ordinary mediations to communicate the Gospel. “Peace” is the gift that precedes their mission, that is to say, fullness of life and of relationships; the true and real joy of the arrival of the Kingdom. It is not necessary to seek comfort and it is indispensable to be welcomed. Instead, the city becomes, the most extensive field of the mission. It is there that life, political activity, the possibility of conversion, acceptance, and rejection are developed. This last aspect is linked to the gesture of shaking off the dust (vv. 10-11). It is as if the disciples, in abandoning the city that has rejected them, would say to the people that they possess nothing as an expression of the end of the relationship. Finally, Jesus recalls the guilt of that city which will close itself to the proclamation of the Gospel (v. 12).
4) Personal questions
• You are invited every day by the Lord to announce the Gospel
to those close to you (in the house) and to all persons (in the city). Do you
assume a poor, essential style in witnessing your identity as a
Christian?
• Are you aware that the success of your witness does not depend on your individual capacity but only on the Lord who orders and on your availability?
• Are you aware that the success of your witness does not depend on your individual capacity but only on the Lord who orders and on your availability?
5) Concluding Prayer
Your face, Yahweh, I seek;
Do not turn away from me.
Do not thrust aside your servant in anger,
without you I am helpless.
Never leave me, never forsake me, God, my Savior. (Ps 27,8-9)
Do not turn away from me.
Do not thrust aside your servant in anger,
without you I am helpless.
Never leave me, never forsake me, God, my Savior. (Ps 27,8-9)
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