Suffering With Joy

Praying the Psalms – Psalm 30

July 7, 2010

On Saturdays I join Jenny at Just a Minute where we share thoughts on the meme, Praying the Psalms.  Today we are reflecting on Psalm 30, which is thanksgiving for deliverance from death.

1.  I will extol you, O Lord, for you drew me clear and did not let my enemies rejoice over me.  2.  O Lord, my God, I cried out to you and you healed me. [Yes, Lord, you came to my aid in temptation so that Satan could not rejoice over a fall.  With the sacrament of Penance you healed my soul, giving me the grace of conversion of heart.]

11.  …Hear O Lord, and have pity on me; O Lord, be my helper. [O Lord, you are always there when I call upon you, taking pity on my weakness. You are my helper in following the Gospel and all good that I do.]

12.  You changed my mourning into dancing; you took off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness, that my soul might sing praise to you without ceasing; O Lord, my God, forever will I give you thanks. [Mourning over sin transforms into joyous dancing of spirit, celebrating the forgiveness and salvation that has come to each of us through Jesus.  In heaven my soul will continue to sing the praise begun here on earth in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass - an unceasing celebration of thanksgiving, the eternal todah to which we are all invited. Lord, grant that I be faithful to you in this life that I may dance with the angels in the next.]

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1 Comment to Praying the Psalms – Psalm 30

1. 

   Beautiful prayer and reflections. God bless!
Colleen on August 7th, 2010