tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6838698329757338280.post5406406829476820556..comments2017-12-01T10:52:19.431-08:00Comments on Sunday Bible Study by ParishWorld.net: Editor @ Parishworld.nethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11351018547370080019noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6838698329757338280.post-537906156071927022012-12-26T22:35:58.842-08:002012-12-26T22:35:58.842-08:00"How lovely is your dwelling place,
O, Lord..."How lovely is your dwelling place,<br /> O, Lord of Hosts!"<br /><br />On this Feast of the Holy Family<br />of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, we sing<br />a psalm overflowing with hope for<br />all Christians on a pilgrimage to the<br />house of the Father. The psalm<br />recalls for us today's Gospel reading<br />where our young Lord Jesus is found<br />in the temple and says to his parents,<br />"Did you not know that I must be in<br />my Father's house?" Just so for us<br />pilgrims who join with our psalmist<br />and sing, "My soul yearns and pines <br />for the courts of the Lord." <br /><br />Our destination is heaven, but because<br />of God's love for mankind, we do not have<br />to become weary in climbing to a mountain<br />faraway, as though it were mount Zion. <br />Our pilgrimage is a journey within;<br />"Our hearts are set upon the pilgrimage." <br /><br />For our sake, the Word was made flesh<br />and dwelt among us, and all we have to do<br />is open our hearts and prepare to receive<br />our Savior, God's only son. <br /><br />For our Lord is a living God, and it is He<br />to whom we cry out, as our psalmist reminds<br />us, "My heart and my flesh cry out for the<br />living God." For us, God's temple is here<br />on earth. God dwells in our tabernacle;<br />He is present to us through the Holy Eucharist.<br /> <br />And for this we praise you Lord and join<br />with the anointed and say, "How lovely is<br />your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts!" <br />And we sing an Alleluia without end.<br /><br />AmenBarry Lamontnoreply@blogger.com