The earth is the Lord's

Today at Morning Prayer we get Psalm 24. Here are verses 1-6:

The earth is the Lord's and all that is in it,
the world and all who dwell therein.

For it is he who founded it upon the seas
and made it firm upon the rivers of the deep.

"Who can ascend the hill of the Lord?
and who can stand in his holy place?"

"Those who have clean hands and a pure heart,
who have not pledged themselves to falsehood,
nor sworn by what is a fraud.

They shall receive a blessing from the Lord
and a just reward from the God of their salvation."

Such is the generation of those who seek him,
of those who seek your face, O God of Jacob.


In peace,
Linda+
The Rev. Linda McCloud
Vicar, Holy Cross Church-Episcopal
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Photo: Petroglyph Beach at
Wrangell, Alaska June 2008