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I rock in my Redeemer
Lectors say the darnedest things. Yesterday at Mass, the lector (the person who proclaims the scripture readings of the day) was leading us through Psalm 19. It is a beautiful, awe-inspiring psalm, which begins
The heavens herald your glory, O God, and the skies display your handiwork. Day after day they tell their story, and night after night they reveal the depth of their understanding. Without speech, without words, without even an audible voice, their cry echoes through all their world …
The best part, however, was the ending, which is supposed to read, “May the words of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O God, my rock and my redeemer!” But the lector fumbled a bit as she proclaimed this part of the psalm and what came out instead (at least to my ears) was “… I rock in my redeemer.”
That’s right, I rock in my redeemer.
As the liturgy continued to the next reading and Gospel, my mind spilled over into thoughts of David, the psalmist, who himself was a musician. I bet he felt like that sometimes, as in this psalm, where the whole world — including oneself — is alight with God’s glory. Simply put, we rock because God rocks! “To rock” is a popular slang term that means to excel, to do something so awesome that it’s not just well done, it rocks.
How will you be caught up in God’s life and grace today such that you too can proclaim, “I rock in my Redeemer!”?
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Oh, that’s a good one, right up there with “And God will remove the veal which veals their eyes” and “A reading from the letter of St. Paul to the Filipinos!
As many of us are praying for increased vocations on a daily basis, I was thrilled to read the story about Grant Desme, one of the best prospects for Major League Baseball … deciding to leave to become a Catholic Priest. (Catholic News Publication)
Talk about someone who is “Rocking in His Redeemer,” this story is very cool!
LOL, another sister julie… and “a reading from the letter of st. paul to the filipinos”, oooh i like that
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in terms of rocking in our Redeemer….filipino overseas workers who bring their catholic christian faith wherever they go definitely rock in our Redeemer!
A few years ago Showtime made a remake of Reefer Madness. In it, there’s a musical number by Jesus. At the end of his number, a member of the crowd can be heard yelling “You rock, Jesus!” Best line of the whole movie.
Hilarious!
A few months ago, I heard: “There will be wailing and grinding of feet.”