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“O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;”
— Psalm 63:1 (KJV)
Reflection
Verse of the Day – Psalm 63:1: Seeking God Early with Longing
Today is the Lord's Day, the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, and the psalmist gives us words for its first hour: early will I seek thee. This is not the voice of someone who has everything figured out. It is the voice of someone who is thirsty, who knows that without God the stretch of an ordinary week can feel dry and tiring. Simply admitting that thirst is already a prayer.
In today's Gospel Jesus tells of bridesmaids waiting with their lamps for the bridegroom. Some brought oil, some did not. That oil cannot be borrowed at the last minute; it is gathered slowly, in small moments of seeking God like this one. A few quiet minutes before the day begins, a Mass attended with your whole heart, a word of thanks at the table: these are drops of oil in your lamp.
November also invites us to remember those who have gone before us. They, too, longed for God, and we entrust them to his mercy with hope. Perhaps today you can name one of them in prayer, and then ask the Lord to keep your own longing awake: not anxious, but alert and expectant, like someone listening for a friend at the door.
A short prayer with this verse
O God, you are my God, and at the start of this Sunday I seek you. You know the dry places in me and the thirst I cannot satisfy on my own. Fill my lamp with the oil of faith and love, so that I may be ready when your Son comes. Remember in your mercy all who have died, especially those dear to me, and bring them into the light of the Resurrection. Keep my heart awake for you today and always. Amen.
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