Psalm 116:1-14, Numbers 13:1-2, 25; 14:1, 26-29, 34-35, Matthew 15:21-28, Psalm 106:6-7, 13-14, 21-23

Daily Meditation:  Psalm 116:1-14

Psalm 116:1-14

I am pleased that the Lord has heard

my voice in supplication,

2 that he has not been deaf to me,

the day I called on him.

3 When the cords of death entangled me,

the snares of the grave laid hold of me,

when affliction got the better of me,

4 I called upon the name of the Lord:

“O Lord, save my life!”

5 Gracious and righteous is the Lord;

full of compassion is our God.

6 the Lord protects the simple:

he saved me when I was humbled.

7 Return, O my soul, to your rest,

for the Lord has taken care of you.

8 He has freed my soul from death,

my eyes from weeping,

my feet from stumbling;

9 I will walk before the Lord

in the land of the living.

10 I have kept faith even when I said,

“I am greatly afflicted.”

11 I have said in my dismay,

“To hope in humans is vain.”

12 How can I repay the Lord

for all his goodness to me?

13 I will lift up the cup of salvation

and call on the name of the Lord.

14 I will fulfill my vows to the Lord

in the presence of all his people.

Thank You my Lord for speaking to me so powerfully through the verses in this psalm and consoling me.  You are close to those who cry for help and comfort.  You are God Almighty and yet You stoop down to your little one and assure me of Your love and care for me.  You created me and I am dependent on You.  You will never forget me nor forsake me.  I love You.

Daily Mass Readings:  Numbers 13:1-2, 25; 14:1, 26-29, 34-35, 

                               Matthew 15:21-28, Psalm 106:6-7, 13-14, 21-23

Numbers 13:1-2, 25; 14:1, 26-29, 34-35

How readily we grumble, how easily we become crestfallen.  How quickly we forget what an awesome God You are and how all our past experiences of You indicate that we can always trust You, for You are faithful.  Despite all of this we are taken in by leaders who lack integrity and we fall by the wayside because we put our trust in men rather  in Your  unchanging, unchangeable word.  Forgive me Lord.

Matthew 15:21-28

My own true God, my Beloved Lord Jesus Christ, this incident in today's Gospel speaks powerfully to me.  I have been feeling as wretched and outcast as this poor Canaanite woman who came to plead for healing for her daughter.  Lately, it seemed to me that Your response to me was the same as that in verse 23 But Jesus did not answer her, not even a word. So his dis­ciples approached him and said, “Send her away: see how she is shouting after us.”  You did not answer me too Beloved, there was such a deafening silence, it seemed to me that You had gone from me and I had nowhere to go and  no one to turn to.  When You did turn to me I clung to You and wept asking You not to deny me Your strength, grace and presence in my life for I had no resources of my own.

Thank You my Lord that in the end You did comfort and console me with the sweetness of Your word in Psalm 116.