By Father Rod

As I drive, I often listen to podcasts.  Included on my favourites list are some current affairs programs.  I find it helpful to listen to the different perspectives offered by various reporters as they analyse the events of the day.   Listening in this way, to what I think of as trusted news sources, helps to develop a deeper understanding of current events.  I also note on these programs that they speak of other news outlets and the audiences they broadcast or write for.  The bottom line?  One event can be viewed from a number of angles. 

Let’s begin with the idea that the people writing the psalms had no sense of the coming of Jesus. Their focus was elsewhere. This approach allows us to hear the words in their initial context and as Jews today might pray them.