A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the nations have come into your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple; they have laid Jerusalem in ruins. They have given the bodies of your servants to the birds of the heavens for food, the flesh of your faithful to the beasts of the earth. They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there was no one to bury them. We have become a taunt to our neighbors, mocked and derided by those around us.

Lord, open my eyes to the insidious ways in which the Kingdom of Man has invaded and perverted the Church. How has the world around us seeped in to dilute our worship? How has it destroyed our communion with You? How have we become convinced that we can pick and chose those portions of Your Word to obey and to ignore? Our protestations of faith have become hollow and a joke in the eyes of the world.

Today's readings in the Psalms:

Morning: Psalm 30

Mid-day: 119:129-136

Evening: Psalm 105

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