Deacon Ned Berghausen St. Agnes June 24/25, 2023 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/062523.cfm If the psalm prays, pray. If it laments, lament. If it rejoices, rejoice. If it hopes, hope. If it fears, fear. For everything which is written here is a reflection of us. St. Augustine. There is one book of the Bible that we hear at almost every single mass, both on Sundays and at daily mass with the exception of only four days of the year [where we hear canticles]. It is the longest book of the Bible. Do you know what it is? It’s the Book of Psalms. Today we heard Psalm 69 which we sung together, led by our cantor [name], in between our first and second reading. It’s sometimes easy to miss or forget that these songs are Scripture, just as much as the other readings and the Gospel. When we approach the Bible, we may think of it primarily in terms of narrative stories, law codes and rule books, parables and proverbs, but Scripture is as mu