Psalms of Thanksgiving and Gratitude
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Before they call, I will answer, while they are speaking, I will hear. (Isa. 65:24)
God told David from his line would come a messiah, the one and anointed King, who would establish God’s Kingdom over the world, defeating evil and rebellion among the nations. Psalm 2 foretells the Reign of the Lord’s Anointed.
“I will surely tell of the decree of the Lord: he said to Me, ‘You are My Son, Today I have begotten You. Ask of Me, and I will surely give the nations as Your inheritance, And the very ends of the earth as Your possession.” Psalm 2: 7-8
Many psalms are the voice of one, the “I,” personal, and self-revealing. Other psalms are the gathered voice of a community, a people; the “We,” Israel as chosen, in covenant with God.
The book of Psalms is designed to be the prayer book of God’s people, striving to be faithful to the commands of the Torah, hoping and waiting for the messianic kingdom.
The Book of Common Prayer is our prayer book; “so well devised”...“that the people (by the daily hearing holy scripture read in the Church) should continually profit more and more in the knowledge of God, and be the more inflamed with the love of His true religion” Historical Documents, page 866
Psalms foretell of “the Great Thanksgiving” in our prayer book, the Eucharistic Prayers of the new covenant. Together in worship we lift our hearts to the Lord in thanksgiving and praise for God’s goodness and infinite love and above all for the Word made flesh, Jesus, your Son. In him we are reborn into truth, into righteousness, into eternal life.
“The Lord has heard my supplication; The Lord accepts my prayer.” “Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered around you.” “I will give to The Lord the thanks due to his righteousness and sing praise to the name of the Lord, the Most High.” Psalms.6:9; 7:17
Our Resurrection faith is consistent with Israel’s petition and gratitude of the conviction that God hears and sees and acts decisively.
“I will wash my hands in innocence and go around your altar, O Lord, singing aloud a song of thanksgiving, and telling all your wondrous deeds. O Lord, I love the house in which you dwell and the place where your glory abides. Psalm 26: 6-8
The “Great Thanksgiving Prayers” A, B and C, are the history of God’s intervention in the world in Christ Jesus. These acclamations are about us, who we are, and what we believe. Each prayer is our story. We belong to that history. When humanity, when the world, needed help, healing and comfort, God gave us his Son. Through Christ Jesus we are forgiven, redeemed and restored to eternal life. Through our Baptism, with faith we are reborn into the mystery.
“I will thank you forever because of what you have done. In the presence of the faithful I will proclaim your Name.” Ps.52:9
Before they call, I will answer, while they are speaking, I will hear. (Isa. 65:24)
God told David from his line would come a messiah, the one and anointed King, who would establish God’s Kingdom over the world, defeating evil and rebellion among the nations. Psalm 2 foretells the Reign of the Lord’s Anointed.
“I will surely tell of the decree of the Lord: he said to Me, ‘You are My Son, Today I have begotten You. Ask of Me, and I will surely give the nations as Your inheritance, And the very ends of the earth as Your possession.” Psalm 2: 7-8
Many psalms are the voice of one, the “I,” personal, and self-revealing. Other psalms are the gathered voice of a community, a people; the “We,” Israel as chosen, in covenant with God.
The book of Psalms is designed to be the prayer book of God’s people, striving to be faithful to the commands of the Torah, hoping and waiting for the messianic kingdom.
The Book of Common Prayer is our prayer book; “so well devised”...“that the people (by the daily hearing holy scripture read in the Church) should continually profit more and more in the knowledge of God, and be the more inflamed with the love of His true religion” Historical Documents, page 866
Psalms foretell of “the Great Thanksgiving” in our prayer book, the Eucharistic Prayers of the new covenant. Together in worship we lift our hearts to the Lord in thanksgiving and praise for God’s goodness and infinite love and above all for the Word made flesh, Jesus, your Son. In him we are reborn into truth, into righteousness, into eternal life.
“The Lord has heard my supplication; The Lord accepts my prayer.” “Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered around you.” “I will give to The Lord the thanks due to his righteousness and sing praise to the name of the Lord, the Most High.” Psalms.6:9; 7:17
Our Resurrection faith is consistent with Israel’s petition and gratitude of the conviction that God hears and sees and acts decisively.
“I will wash my hands in innocence and go around your altar, O Lord, singing aloud a song of thanksgiving, and telling all your wondrous deeds. O Lord, I love the house in which you dwell and the place where your glory abides. Psalm 26: 6-8
The “Great Thanksgiving Prayers” A, B and C, are the history of God’s intervention in the world in Christ Jesus. These acclamations are about us, who we are, and what we believe. Each prayer is our story. We belong to that history. When humanity, when the world, needed help, healing and comfort, God gave us his Son. Through Christ Jesus we are forgiven, redeemed and restored to eternal life. Through our Baptism, with faith we are reborn into the mystery.
“I will thank you forever because of what you have done. In the presence of the faithful I will proclaim your Name.” Ps.52:9
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