Oct 14 2008
How Beautiful Your Dwelling
HOW BEAUTIFUL YOUR DWELLING
How lovely are your dwellings, Yahweh of Armies!
My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of Yahweh. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
Yes, the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young,near your altars, Yahweh of Armies, my King, and my God.
Blessed are those who dwell in your house. They are always praising you.
Blessed are those whose strength is within you; who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.
Passing through the valley of Weeping, they make it a place of springs. Yes, the autumn rain covers it with blessings.
They go from strength to strength. Every one of them appears before God in Zion.
Yahweh, God of Armies, hear my prayer. Listen God of Jacob.
Behold, God our shield, look at the face of your annointed.
For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He witholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.
Yahweh of Armies, blessed is the man who trusts in you. (WEB Bible. Psalm 84. This Psalm is used in the Divine Office for the common of the dedication of a church)
OTHER PSALMS USED FOR THE DEDICATION OF A CHURCH:
So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God, being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone; in whom the whole building, fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord; in whom you also are built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit. (WEB Bible Eph 2:19-22. This is one of the readings used in the divine Office for the dedication of a church.)
OTHER READINGS FOR THE DEDICATION OF A CHURCH:
OTHER READINGS (USED FOR THE DEDICATION OF ST JOHN LATERAN BASILICA)
