"YAHWEH reigns; let the earth rejoice;
let the distant islands be glad.
Clouds and darkness surround HIM;
justice and right, are HIS throne.
Fire goes before HIM,
burning HIS foes on every side.
HIS lightning lights up the world;
the earth watches and trembles.
The mountains melt like wax
before YAHWEH, the LORD of all the earth.
The heavens proclaim HIS justice,
all peoples see HIS glory."
- Psalm 97:1. 2-3. 3-4. 5-6
(The glory, the magnificence, the splendor of GOD--this could strike us with terror so that we might cry out like St. Peter, 'Depart from us!' But that glory is our light; we are even called to share that glory. So, for us, the majesty of GOD is not an object of terror, but a subject of exultation.)
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