Our psalm today remembers Joseph, how he was sent to Egypt as a slave, how the people of Israel prospered, but how they were oppressed by the Egyptians, and then liberated by God. However, in a portion of the psalm we do not hear today at Mass, it goes on to say how the people soon forget the help that God brought them.
This psalm is labeled as a psalm of praise and confession. Often we can praise God and honor him in our lives at a certain moment, but then soon after, we can forget God and concentrate on other things. Do we make time for God in our lives? Do we make time to pray and to learn more about God and to work toward building up his kingdom here on earth?
As I was writing this homily on a Monday morning, I was feeling the affects of a very busy weekend, of not a lot of down time, and being very tried from the affects of a very busy schedule. It is hard to find balance in our lives, isn’t it. It is hard to find balance in our lives of faith. Lent is a good time for us to reflect upon such things.
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