Psalm 1:1-4, 6

This week’s responsorial psalm comes from Psalm 1, which serves as a preface to the entire Book of Psalms. With vivid imagery, it contrasts the destiny of the righteous and the wicked, portraying life as a path where every choice leads to inevitable consequences.

The psalm describes the righteous as a flourishing tree, deeply rooted and nourished by God’s law, while the wicked are like chaff, weightless and scattered by the wind. This theme of rootedness and fruitfulness versus instability and destruction closely parallels our first reading, making this psalm a fitting responsorial.

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