Psalm 98:1-4

Our responsorial this week comes from Psalm 98, which is a hymn of praise celebrating God’s saving power made visible to all the nations.

Originally, this psalm likely celebrated Israel’s deliverance from exile in Babylon — a triumph so great that even foreign peoples could see that the Lord had acted on behalf of his people.

For us as Christians, the psalm points forward to the greater deliverance accomplished in Christ, whose death and resurrection reveal God’s justice and salvation for the whole world.

Just as Naaman the Syrian and the Samaritan leper, who were not Jewish, both recognized God’s mercy and gave thanks, the psalm calls all peoples to rejoice in the Lord’s salvation.

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