02/12/2022
Psalm 27:1,4,13-14
'The Lord is my light and my help'
The Psalmist was familiar with uncertain and precarious times. 'You will not fear the terror of the night nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness nor the destruction that wastes at noonday' (Psalm 91:5-5). God knows that we too live in uncertain and precarious times, the recent global Covid-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine and the cost of living crisis , not to mention our own personal daily and very real struggles. Truly, we are living through a time of trial and testing. There will be a final trial before Christ's second coming which will shake the faith of many (Catechism of the Catholic Church 675). We don't know when this will be, history only points to its birthpangs. God is our strength, protector and refuge.
I will say to the Lord, 'My refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I trust. Amen
