04-May-2024 | Week 18
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Dwelling in God’s House
How lovely is Your tabernacle, O Lord of hosts! My soul longs, yes, even faints for the courts of the Lord; My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. Blessed are those who dwell in Your house; They will still be praising You. Blessed is the man whose strength is in You, whose heart is set on pilgrimage. O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer; Give ear, O God of Jacob! O God, behold our shield, and look upon the face of Your anointed. For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God then dwell in the tents of wickedness. O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man who trusts in You!
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Notice all that the verse implies: I long, O Lord, for your eternal dwelling places; my soul yearns and pines for the courts of the Lord; I long for some place to dwell, a nest for my soul and my body. The birds that fly about to and fro with no restraint, nevertheless, after their flight, have a place and a nest in which to rest. How much more ought not my body and soul procure for itself a resting place?
~ St Jerome
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O Lord, how great is Your love that You choose to dwell with Your creation? How is it that the creator abides with the creation? O God, help me to feel Your presence. Open up my eyes to see You, my mind to know You and my heart to feel Your love. Help me to find my sustenance in You and not in the World, because You have created us for Yourself and our souls are restless until they find rest in You.