The appointed psalm for this day is the prayer of an elderly child of
God who is struggling with old age and everything that comes with it.

  It shouldn’t surprise us that we are social by nature.  It’s been
that way since the very beginning, and even God has always dealt with
His people in corporately.

    It’s not all that uncommon for very big things to have very small
beginnings.

 A very prominent Figure in Isaiah’s book of prophecy is Someone who
the prophet calls “the Servant of the Lord.”

    Psalm 72, in the original, bears the title “of Solomon.”  The big
question among Biblical scholars is:  Was this psalm written about
King Solomon at the beginning of his reign or was it written by King
Solomon in anticipation of the coming of the Lord’s Messiah?

Have you ever wondered what your name means?

  Today, on this “third day of Christmas” the Church remembers Saint John, one of the
Lord’s twelve apostles and the author of five New Testament books.