“We’ve heard it so many times, that we can easily skip over the details of Psalm 23. ‘The Lord is my shepherd, yadda, yadda…’ But what an odd sentence we have above. The psalmist is under attack from violent foes, and what does God have up his almighty sleeve? He decides to set the table. ‘Great strategy, God. Now they’ll never get us!’
“We have here, however, an ancient piece of wisdom from the mouth of David the king. It was in fleeing for his life from the bloodthirsty Saul that he was first inspired to write psalms, in praise and petition to God. Similarly, the Church today is ‘under fire,’ we might say, facing ever growing challenges of secularization, unethical legislation, and redefining of basic values. In every Christian home, every circle of Christian friends, the same million-dollar question finds its way into our conversations: ‘What do we do about it?’
“The psalm offers one answer above all others: worship.”
In a recent commentary, Br. Timothy Danaher, O.P., reflected on the importance of placing God first as we face the many challenges in our Christian lives.
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