Tuesday, March 27, 2012

3/29/2012 – Thursday – 5th week Lent – Genesis 17:3-9; Psalm 105:4-9

         We hear from Genesis today as we get close to Holy Week.  Our reading from Genesis tells us about the covenant God made with Abraham, with God promising to be faithful to Abraham and his descendants, making Abraham the father of a great nation.  We have been hearing a lot about covenants lately, as our first reading from last Sunday’s mass talked about the new covenant that God would write onto the hearts of the people, a covenant that he expressed through the prophet Jeremiah.  We hear about covenants so much during Lent because Jesus is our new covenant, because the salvation Jesus brings us through his death and resurrection is our new covenant. 
         “The Lord remembers his covenant forever” – the psalmist expresses great confidence in this statement in Psalm 105.  I remember that in some of my darkest moments as a missionary, both in Ecuador and in Canada, I took things one day at a time, walking by faith each step of the way.  Sometimes we need to take it one day at a time.  Sometimes that is the best we can do.  But God never forgets the covenant He makes with his people, that He makes with us. 
         “Look to the Lord in his strength, seek to serve him constantly.”  May we truly believe the words of our psalm today, placing our trust in our Lord. 

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