Welcome to the Pauline Family's "Year of the Bible"! I'm reading the Bible clear through this year, and I invite you to read along with me. But first, let us pray:
My God, I adore and thank your loving and wise Providence, manifested on every page of Sacred Scripture. You have always been close to sinful and erring humanity, and have indicated the way and given hope. Amid the shadows of error and corruption, you kindled the light of your truth; amid universal corruption, you are the Just One; amid so much idolatry, humanity in every corner of the earth has cultivated a sincere worship of you.
Let my reading today increase my trust in your goodness, your mercy, and your unfailing faithfulness.
Today's chapters are 1 Samuel 26-28 and Psalm 33.
Early in their history, God had strictly forbidden his people to practice sorcery, witchcraft, and the summoning of the dead (see Leviticus 19:31, Deuteronomy 8:10-11), which to this day retain their character as gravely sinful (not to mention dangerous). Desperately trying to maintain something of the status quo, Saul plunges past the divine prohibition.
Psalm 33 is one of my go-to Psalms for prayer. It is an assurance that we never make a mistake when giving thanks and praise to God, "for the word of the Lord is upright (or: faithful), and all his works are trustworthy." The Psalm declares, over and over, in the Hebrew form of repetition, that God's plan will never be overturned. This Psalm is also applied to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, "the plans of His heart are from age to age, to rescue their souls from death and to keep them alive in famine."
Start reading here and Psalm 33 here.
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