Jeremiah 17
How beautiful this promise from God in today’s 1st reading! I was listening to Light of the East radio program today, and someone mentioned the Eastern saying, “If it’s worth chanting once, it’s worth chanting 3 times!” in reference to the length of the Eastern Catholic liturgies. (As an aside, I love the Byzantine liturgy! I have friends who have attended them here.) So even though you may have heard these verses already this weekend, if you have a moment read them again:
Jer. 17:
Thus says the LORD…
Blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD,
whose hope is the LORD.
He is like a tree planted beside the waters
that stretches out its roots to the stream:
it fears not the heat when it comes;
its leaves stay green;
in the year of drought it shows no distress,
but still bears fruit.
