Saint Vincent Archabbey

2Sm 12:1-7a,10-17; Ps 51:12-17; Mk 4:35-41 David the King, the man after God’s own heart, let his lust overwhelm that heart and control his behavior. 

2Sm 11:1-4a,5-10a,13-17; Ps 51:3-11; Mk 4:26-34 Both Old Testament and early church tradition attribute the Book of Psalms to King David.  Certainly this psalm response

Mal 3:1-4; Ps 24:7-10; Heb 2:14-18; Lk 2:22-40 Never has the city of Jerusalem been so open.  The gates are flung wide open; the lintels

2Sm 15:13-14,30; Ps 3:2-7; Mk 5:1-20 Today the Psalmist cries out in great fear, “Lord, rise up and save me!” This fear is not far

2Sm 18:9,10,14b,24,25a,30-19:3; Ps 86:1-6; Mk 5:21-43 The Lord Jesus is the only one who gladdens the souls of his servants.  Indeed, the LORD is good

2Sm 24:2, 9-17; Ps 32:1,2,5,6,7; Mk 6:1-6
 With today’s psalm we seek the LORD as our shelter from distress and disease.   Indeed, we cry out

2Sm 7:18-19,24-29; Ps 132:1-14; Mk 4:21-25 This is the consistent teaching of the Gospel and the Church: all of us are called to be saints. 

2Sm 7:4-17; Ps 89:4,5,27-30; Mk 4:1-20 Today’s whole psalm is a love poem about God’s faithfulness to David and his dynasty.  The Son of David

2Sm 6:12-15,17-19; Ps 24:7-10; Mk 3:31-35 Whenever the Lord enters there’s a great crowd and great rejoicing.  The King of glory is worthy of all

2Sm 5:1-7,10; Ps 89:20-26; Mk 3:22-30 The LORD shows his faithfulness and mercy to his people through his servant David.  In a vision the LORD

Acts 22:3-16; Ps 117:1-2; Mk 16:15-18 Saul was trying to destroy this new Way; then he poured himself out to proclaim Christ, the Way, Truth,

1Sm 24:3-21; Ps 57:2-4,6,11; Mk 3:13-19 Today and every day we pray for the full restoration of the legal guarantee of the right to life

1Sm 18:6-9,19:1-7; Ps 52:2,3,9-13; Mk 3:7-12 Christian meekness flows out of the strength of a heart saturated with trust in God.  Saint after saint have

1Sm 17:32,33,37,40-51; Ps 144:1,2,9-10; Mk 3:1-6 It is the LORD who trains our hands for battle.  Just as he trained our ancestor David, the LORD

1Sm 16:1-13; Ps 89:20-22,27,28; Mk 2:23-28 King David was a man after God’s own heart.  From his boyhood days of tending his father’s flocks, David

1Sm 15:16-23; Ps 50:16,17, 21, 23; Mk 2:18-22 Power, to the LORD, is always saving power.  The Lord Jesus never used his power to do

1Sm 9:1-4,17-19,10:1; Ps 21:2-7; Mk 2:13-17 The only time a king is glad is when the LORD is his strength and his victory.  Without this

1Sm 8:4-7,10-22; Ps 89:16-19; Mk 2:1-12 Indeed, others bless us to the degree that we have blessed others.  This kind of behavior is a model

1Sm 4:1-11; Ps 44:10-25; Mk 1:40-45 Anyone with leprosy or any other disease that isolates those who suffer so completely must ask this question in

1Sm 3:1-10,19,20; Ps 40:2,5,7-10; Mk 1:29-39 Those who wait and wait for the LORD are satisfied only when He stoops down and listens intently.  Blessed,