Walk humbly

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The Song of Zechariah (Benedictus)

Margaret Rizza

Today is Monday the 20th of July, in the 16th week of Ordinary Time.

The Convivium Singers sing Margaret Rizza’s setting of the Benedictus: “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel! He has visited his people and redeemed them. He has raised up for us a mighty saviour in the house of David his servant, as he promised by the lips of holy men, those who were his prophets from of old."

3:36

Today’s reading is from the Prophet Micah.

Micah 6:1-4, 6-8

Hear what the Lord says:

Rise, plead your case before the mountains,

and let the hills hear your voice.

Hear, you mountains, the controversy of the Lord,

and you enduring foundations of the earth;

for the Lord has a controversy with his people,

and he will contend with Israel.

‘O my people, what have I done to you?

In what have I wearied you? Answer me!

For I brought you up from the land of Egypt,

and redeemed you from the house of slavery;

and I sent before you Moses,

Aaron, and Miriam.

‘With what shall I come before the Lord,

and bow myself before God on high?

Shall I come before him with burnt-offerings,

with calves a year old?

Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,

with tens of thousands of rivers of oil?

Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,

the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?’

He has told you, O mortal, what is good;

and what does the Lord require of you

but to do justice, and to love kindness,

and to walk humbly with your God?

5:54

Kairos

In today’s passage, the prophet Micah brings the voice of God to God’s people. They are reminded of how God rescued them from slavery in Egypt, leading them to freedom and settling them in a new place.

Recall your walk with God. How has God rescued you? How does God sustain, guide and lead you today? Give thanks for these times.

Micah tells the people that God longs for them to do justice, love kindness and walk humbly with God.

Where are you being called to act more justly? Where does your heart need to soften for kindness and compassion to grow? What would it mean for you to walk more humbly with God this day?

As you listen to the passage again, focus on this question: What does the Lord require of you?

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Micah 6:1-4, 6-8

Hear what the Lord says:

Rise, plead your case before the mountains,

and let the hills hear your voice.

Hear, you mountains, the controversy of the Lord,

and you enduring foundations of the earth;

for the Lord has a controversy with his people,

and he will contend with Israel.

‘O my people, what have I done to you?

In what have I wearied you? Answer me!

For I brought you up from the land of Egypt,

and redeemed you from the house of slavery;

and I sent before you Moses,

Aaron, and Miriam.

‘With what shall I come before the Lord,

and bow myself before God on high?

Shall I come before him with burnt-offerings,

with calves a year old?

Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,

with tens of thousands of rivers of oil?

Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,

the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?’

He has told you, O mortal, what is good;

and what does the Lord require of you

but to do justice, and to love kindness,

and to walk humbly with your God?

10:56

As this time of prayer comes to a close, rest in God’s presence. Ask for grace to live justly, kindly and humbly today.

12:21

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.

As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be

World without end

Amen