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 2 Chronicles 33-36* and (because it is Sunday) Psalms 79 and 80.
There are four chapters to read rather than three today; I didn't think you'd mind, because this way we can finish reading 2 Chronicles. (Besides, Cyrus of Persia is a wonderful example of God's providence at work in human history!) Among the "things left over" that the books of Chronicles offers the reader is the repentance of the infamous King Manasseh during a period of imprisonment in Babylon. Truly, nobody is beyond the reach of grace.
About the Psalms: During the genocide in Rwanda and Burundi, when news magazines featured massacred bodies filling churches and decaying in village streets, I found myself praying Psalm 79 over and over. It is a striking lament over the destruction of Jerusalem, the death of its citizens, and the desecration of the Temple. Psalm 80 is another psalm from exile, this time reflecting that God, who "transplanted a vine from Egypt" to the Promised Land, could again transplant his people back to their homeland.
Start reading 2 Chronicles here and the Psalms here.
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