Jul 6: The Glory of Poetry and Music

Hans Memling: Angel Musicians
Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, 1480s

Wednesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time

Responsorial Psalm
Ps 33:2-3, 10-11, 18-19

Praise the LORD with the lyre; make melody to him with the harp of ten strings.
Sing to him a new song; play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts (Ps 33:2-3).

Father, you speak your one Word to all of us in every moment but because of our finitude as creatures and because of the influence of the sin of the world and our own sinfulness it is difficult for us to articulate the fullness of truth that you reveal to us. In poetry and music we can often give expression to truth that logical reason cannot always utter. Father, may we find in poetry and music the means to speak when ordinary speech fails and thus give you more adequate praise even while growing in the life and power that you always offer to us.

Through Christ our Lord. Amen.