Earlier this week at Mass, our responsorial psalm was from Psalm 85 and included verse 11:
"Mercy and truth have met together. Righteousness and bliss shall kiss one another. Man, in his weakness and shortsightness, believes he must make choices in this life. He trembles at the risks he takes. We do know fear. But no. Our choice is of no importance. There comes a time when your eyes are opened. And we come to realize that mercy is infinite. We need only await it with confidence, and receive it with gratitude. Mercy imposes no conditions. And, lo! Everything we have chosen has been granted to us, and everything have rejected has also been granted. Yes, we even get back what we rejected. For mercy and truth are met together; and righteousness and bliss shall kiss one another."
To learn more about Babette's Feast, visit the Karen Blixen-Isak Dinesen Information Site and click on "Babette's Feast" at the bottom of the page for a real feast for your heart, mind and soul.
"Steadfast love and faithfulness will meet; righteousness and peace will kissWhenever I come across this line from Scripture, I recall the General's speech from Babette's Feast, the European film based on the story by Isak Dinesen.
each other."
"Mercy and truth have met together. Righteousness and bliss shall kiss one another. Man, in his weakness and shortsightness, believes he must make choices in this life. He trembles at the risks he takes. We do know fear. But no. Our choice is of no importance. There comes a time when your eyes are opened. And we come to realize that mercy is infinite. We need only await it with confidence, and receive it with gratitude. Mercy imposes no conditions. And, lo! Everything we have chosen has been granted to us, and everything have rejected has also been granted. Yes, we even get back what we rejected. For mercy and truth are met together; and righteousness and bliss shall kiss one another."
To learn more about Babette's Feast, visit the Karen Blixen-Isak Dinesen Information Site and click on "Babette's Feast" at the bottom of the page for a real feast for your heart, mind and soul.
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