God's Minute

Psalms 122

A song of ascents. Of David.

I rejoiced when I heard them say: "Let us go to God's house." And now our feet are standing within your gates, O Jerusalem.

Jerusalem is built as a city strongly compact. It is there that the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord.

For Israel's law it is, there to praise the Lord's name. There were set the thrones of judgment of the house of David.

For the peace of Jerusalem pray: "Peace be to your homes! May peace reign in your walls, in your palaces, peace!"

For love of my brethren and friends I say, "Peace upon you!" For the love of the house of the Lord, I will ask for your good.

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This is to remember that as a people of the Class of 1958, we were deeply rooted in our Christian or Jewish heritage. As individuals perhaps this was not true, but as a group, during the times and in the place where we grew up, this precious heritage was a significant part of our lives, even if only a family or cultural thing without much spiritual depth in our young lives. Now it seems our society worries about being politically correct and worries about offending everyone except God and his people.

Peace and All Good,

Ouida Tomlinson, SFO*

*Secular Franciscan Order