July 4 - Saturday of the 13th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Amos 9:11-15; Ps.85:9,11-14; Mt.9:14-17) "I will bring about the restoration of my people Israel." Of the city of David, the Lord promises, "I will wall up its breaches, raise up its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old." Beautiful imagery is given indeed through the prophet Amos to illustrate the renewal of the land now fallen: "The juice of grapes shall drip down the mountains, and all the hills shall run with it." Indeed, in His great grace the Lord vows, "Never again shall they be plucked from the land I have given them." And so we have prophecy of the New Jerusalem. Our psalm…
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