Tuesday of HOly Week

Date: Tuesday, April 4
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We do not have a reflection for today, so I offer today's psalm.

Psalm 71:1-14

In you, O Lord, have I taken refuge; *
     let me never be ashamed.
In your righteousness, deliver me and set me free; *
     incline your ear to me and save me.
Be my strong rock, a castle to keep me safe; *
     you are my crag and my stronghold.
Deliver me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, *
     from the clutches of the evildoer and the oppressor.
For you are my hope, O Lord God, *
     my confidence since I was young.
I have been sustained by you ever since I was born;
from my mother's womb you have been my strength; *
     my praise shall be always of you.
I have become a portent to many; *
     but you are my refuge and my strength.
Let my mouth be full of your praise *
     and your glory all the day long.
Do not cast me off in my old age; *
     forsake me not when my strength fails.
For my enemies are talking against me, *
     and those who lie in wait for my life take counsel together.
They say, "God has forsaken him; go after him and seize him; *
     because there is none who will save."
O God, be not far from me; *
     come quickly to help me, O my God.
Let those who set themselves against me be put to shame and be disgraced; *
     let those who seek to do me evil be covered with scorn and reproach.
But I shall always wait in patience, *
    and shall praise you more and more.