Song Of A Happy Person

 "It is good to give thanks to YAHWEH,

to sing praise to YOUR name, O Most High,

to proclaim YOUR grace in the morning,

to declare YOUR faithfulness at night,...

The virtuous will flourish, like palm trees,

they will thrive, like the cedars of Lebanon.

Planted in the house of YAHWEH,

they will prosper, in the courts of our GOD.

In old age, they will still bear fruit;

they will stay fresh and green,

to proclaim that YAHWEH is upright,

'HE is my Rock,' they say, 'HE never fails.'"

- Psalm 92:2-3. 13-14. 15-16

(We are not animals, not simply rational animals: we are sons and daughters of GOD.  We learn in prayer, to look at the world as GOD sees it.  We are joined to CHRIST as the branch to the vine, and we try to make our minds, and our lives, grow more like HIS.

The virtuous will flourish like palm trees: enthusiasm of the one whose life is built on faithfulness.  He has seen the fall of many fortunes and much glory.  The martyr St. Polycarp said to his judges: 'How could I curse CHRIST?  For eighty years HE has always been good to me.'  The saints are those who leave the most lasting impact on human history.  'Give thanks to the LORD'.  If we reflect on our lives, we will find many reasons to give thanks to GOD.  The gift of our very life and existence is a good starting point.  St. Paul tells us to 'give thanks to GOD at every moment' [1 Thessalonians 5:18] in the name of CHRIST JESUS, our LORD [Ephesians 5:20].)

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