God’s Son who is eternally begotten for you

St Michael by Pietro Testa

This week provides another opportunity this year to hear Psalm 2 as part of the Lord’s Services to us. In this place, its divinely inspired words that declare the Christ may be heard each Christmas Day, at the Transfiguration of our Lord, on Easter Tuesday, today, and during the minor Feast of St. Joseph. Psalm 2 continues to be proclaimed among us primarily because it is a thoroughly Christological text. That means that Psalm 2 declares Christ Jesus as King of kings!…For more, click on the title above.

From the ear to the heart, to the lips, to the life

Trinity Fourteen Artwork by Rev. Jeff Hendrix

The Word of the Lord in the Psalm section appointed for today begins with a question. That begins to be answered by in the same verse. The answer then continues through the following seven verses.
Today’s eight psalm lines reveal how beautiful, wonderful, beneficial, and important it is to meditate upon God’s Word. They proclaim that is done as faithful people audibly declare His Word. As many of us have heard here over the decades, God’s Word is not meant to be read silently. It is to be spoken, chanted, or sung that it might enter into the ears of speakers and hearers alike….For more, click on the title above.

Christians confess their sins–God forgives them

The Good Samaritan by Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps

For centuries, this biblical adage has been spoken concerning today’s Psalm: Our righteousness is called (in plain language) the forgiveness of our sins.
That should lead us who have been regular hearers of God’s Word here on Sundays or Wednesdays during this time of year to remember its themes. They are, Holy Absolution (the forgiveness of sins) and Sanctification (the manner in which the Holy Spirit, working through God’s Word leads the repentant faithful into holy living). …For more, click on the title above.

The righteous One flourishes and grows

Feast of Saint Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr by Beato Angelico

Hear again the Word of God from our Psalm. It is one which has been called, for centuries, beginning in the Old Covenant era, a song for (the) Day of the Sabbath. In this text is found Christ, and later following that, words which describe you the forgiveness and life you are given in Christ:
(The) Righteous One as (a) palm tree will flourish;
as (a) cedar in Lebanon He will grow.