Showing posts with label psalm 16. Show all posts
Showing posts with label psalm 16. Show all posts

Sunday, November 14, 2021

Sunday Reflection: The path

Today's reflection is brought to you by
Psalm 16.

You,
O God,
are the path for my life,
you are my joy,
and you are my destination.

You
are all that I ever need,
my sustenance
is the breath You give me
just as much as the food I eat
or the cup I drink.

You 
hold my very existence
in your more-than-capable 
(and more-than-loving) hands.

So I keep my eyes fixed on You,
seeing You in every sunrise
or snowflake,
in every stranger's smile.

When I remember
that 
You 
are always with me,
my worries cannot move me.

My entire being celebrates your presence:
my heart is happy,
my soul turns somersaults,
and my body rests in the peace I find in You.

You 
are the path for my life,
you are my joy,
and you are my destination.

Let me remember You
in the midst of the darkness and struggle
that lives in every life.

May my life
show others that
You,
O God,
are the path for every life,
You are its joy,
and You are its destination.

My my life help others to discover that 
You
are all that our lives need;
our sustenance
is the breath you give us
just as much as the food we eat
or the cup we drink.

You hold our very existence
in your more-than-capable
(and more-than-loving) hands...

Thank You.

+Amen.

Psalm 16 is one of my favourites, especially the version below. How I loved to sing the alto part with my sister singing the soprano. Deep gratitude to Marty Haugen for all his beautiful music, but especially this one.

Friday, June 1, 2012

A psalm for the Class of 2012

Last night our eldest daughter graduated from High School. It was a beautiful, wonderful evening, and the entire pew full of family and friends burst our buttons with pride, wept a few happy tears, and snapped too many photos. I could write pages about it, but I'm too misty-eyed!

For me, the high point of the evening was hearing our girl sing the gorgeous old Dameans' version of Psalm 16 at the graduation mass, one that my family has sung many times, and one that Christina loves. Her voice rang clear as a bell in the basilica... in a prayer that I hope can be taken to heart by all our graduates this year:

You will show me the path of life, and guide me to joy forever.
Keep me safe, O God,
You are my hope.
You alone will be my saving God.
You will show me the path of life, and guide me to joy forever.
You have taught me love,
You who fashioned all,
Wonderful indeed are your holy ones.
You will show me the path of life, and guide me to joy forever.
I will bless you, Lord,
you who counsel me.
Even in the night I rejoice in you.
You will show me the path of life, and guide me to joy forever.
Now my heart is glad,
my soul is filled with joy.
Never will my Lord abandon me!
You will show me the path of life, and guide me to joy forever.

May the Class of 2012 hold onto the promises in this psalm and be guided to joy. We love you, Christina!