I will sing, I will sing your praise.
Awake, my soul; awake, O lyre and harp.
I will awake the dawn.
Give us help amid our difficulties,
for human aid is vain.
With God, we shall do bravely,
and he will trample down our foes.
Psalm 108.2-3, 13-14
My heart is ready, O God
My heart is ready, O God; my heart is ready.
I will sing, I will sing your praise.
Awake, my soul; awake, O lyre and harp.
I will awake the dawn.
Give us help amid our difficulties,
for human aid is vain.
With God, we shall do bravely,
and he will trample down our foes.
I will sing, I will sing your praise.
Awake, my soul; awake, O lyre and harp.
I will awake the dawn.
Give us help amid our difficulties,
for human aid is vain.
With God, we shall do bravely,
and he will trample down our foes.
Nunc Dimittis
Lord, now you let your servant go in peace;
your word has been fulfilled:
my own eyes have seen the salvation
which you have prepared in the sight of every people:
a light to reveal you to the nations
and the glory of your people Israel.
your word has been fulfilled:
my own eyes have seen the salvation
which you have prepared in the sight of every people:
a light to reveal you to the nations
and the glory of your people Israel.
Luke 2:29-32
Gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit
The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord. They complete and perfect the virtues of those who receive them. They make the faithful docile in readily obeying divine inspirations. (CCC 1831)
When we accept and nurture God's gifts, they do bear fruit.
The fruits of the Spirit are perfections that the Holy Spirit forms in us as the first fruits of eternal glory. The tradition of the Church lists twelve of them: “charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, generosity, gentleness, faithfulness, modesty, self-control, chastity.” (CCC 1832)
When we accept and nurture God's gifts, they do bear fruit.
The fruits of the Spirit are perfections that the Holy Spirit forms in us as the first fruits of eternal glory. The tradition of the Church lists twelve of them: “charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, generosity, gentleness, faithfulness, modesty, self-control, chastity.” (CCC 1832)
May all the earth revere God
May God be gracious to us and bless us
and make his face to shine upon us,
that God's way may be known upon earth,
God's saving power among all nations.
Let the peoples praise you, O God;
let all the peoples praise you.
May God continue to bless us;
let all the ends of the earth revere him.
and make his face to shine upon us,
that God's way may be known upon earth,
God's saving power among all nations.
Let the peoples praise you, O God;
let all the peoples praise you.
May God continue to bless us;
let all the ends of the earth revere him.
Psalm 67.1-2,7
God's plan
He has let us know the mystery of his purpose,
according to his good pleasure
which he determined beforehand in Christ,
for him to act upon when the times had run their course:
that he would bring everything together under Christ, as head,
everything in the heavens and everything on earth.
according to his good pleasure
which he determined beforehand in Christ,
for him to act upon when the times had run their course:
that he would bring everything together under Christ, as head,
everything in the heavens and everything on earth.
Ephesians 1:9-10 NJB