They repay me evil for good; my soul is bereft. But I, when they were sick– I wore sackcloth; I afflicted myself with fasting; I prayed with head bowed on my chest. I went about as though I grieved for my friend or my brother; as one who laments his mother, I bowed down in mourning.
You call me to love my enemies, to serve them and to lift them up in prayer. I must strictly resist the temptation to rejoice when they are beset with troubles and woes but I am to grieve with them, comfort and console.
Today’s readings in the Psalms:
Morning: Psalm 122
Mid-day: 119:97-104
Evening: Psalm 47
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