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:
Everlasting Father,
All time belongs to you, and all the ages. In signs, in songs, in words of promise, you reassured your chosen ones, “I am with you; fear not.” You taught them through the prophets to trust that your saving deeds were not limited to the past.
When Jesus came, he fulfilled “all that was written in the Law, the Prophets, and the Psalms.”
The Church has found him everywhere in these same holy books.
Help me to find Jesus in my reading today, to listen to him, and to follow him with all my heart.
Amen.
Today's chapters are Hosea 11-14 and (because it is Sunday) Psalms 122-123.
There is an extra chapter today to allow us to finish the Book of Hosea. We have heard the reproaches, and in Chapter 11 God seems to wail in grief over what awaits his sinful people because of their refusal to repent. Even so, the Book of Hosea ends with a message of consolation and hope—if not, historically, for Samaria, for us: "Let those who are wise understand these things" (Hos 14:9).
Psalm 122 is crafted in a way that draws attention to the "house of the Lord." With this image in the first and last line of the psalm, we clearly see the focus of the psalmist's steps and heart! With all the pilgrims, we, too, "pray for the peace of Jerusalem."
In just four verses, Psalm 123 expresses the quiet hope of a patient sufferer whose attention will not be distracted from the Lord's service.
Start reading Hosea here and the Psalms here.
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