For The King's Wedding

Hello! and happy good mid-week to all of us, GUYS.  Our "food for the soul" this Wednesday:

THE GOOD NEWS (07 September 2016)

"Listen, O daughter, pay attention;

forget your father's house and your nation,

and your beauty will charm the King,

for he is your lord.

The people of Tyre will bow before him.

The wealthiest nations will seek your favor.

All glorious as she enters

is the princess in her gold-woven robes.

She is led in royal attire to the king,

following behind is her train of virgins.

Amid cheers and general rejoicing,

they enter the palace of the king.

Forget your fathers and think of your sons,

you will make them princes throughout the land."

- Psalm 45:11-17

(This psalm could have been written on the occasion of the marriage of a king of Israel with a foreign princess, but perhaps it was a poetic call to the chosen people to fully enter into a covenant with its GOD, its spouse.  GOD made HIMSELF present through HIS King-Messiah, anointed by HIM.  Israel is party to the divine marriage, followed by all the nations who accept the revelation of GOD and salvation.

All this can apply to the Church and to each of us also.  Baptism was nothing less than a total gift to CHRIST.  For our part the gift remained with words and gestures, but we already belonged to HIM and a whole life is not too long for that to become a reality.

Listen, O daughter, pay attention; forget your father's house and your nation.  When marriage takes place, much has to be abandoned.  Here, it is the same: one day GOD will be all for all, but to reach that, one has to forget country and family, one must change one's way of thinking and one's habits for those of GOD.

Forget your fathers, and think of your sons.  We can see here JESUS' promises to those who leave all to serve HIM.

Human love is a mystery that touches the mystery of GOD HIMSELF.  GOD wishes to be united with humanity as a husband to his wife: HE has already done so in the person of CHRIST.)

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